Renée Lebas
Renée Lebas created a number of hits in the 1940s, and went on to interpret many of the world's greatest songwriters. Born in Paris on April 23, 1917 to Romanian-Jewish parents, Renée Lieben grew up in the Bastille district and worked in various trades before winning the singing competition organized by Radio-Cité in 1937. After her debut in the cabaret La Conga and a first record in 1939, she signed with the Pathé label the following year. She fled Paris for Cannes with pianist Michel Emer, who wrote her "D'l'autre côté d'la rue " and "L'Accordéoniste". In 1942, her father and younger sister were caught up in the Vel' d'hiv roundup and deported to the Auschwitz camp. Renée Lebas went to Switzerland and sang on Radio-Sottens. She created the songs "Insensiblement" by Paul Misraki, "14 juillet" by Jean Villard alias Gilles and "Exil" by François Reichenbach. Returning to Paris after the Liberation, the singer performed at the ABC and Théâtre de l'Étoile in 1946, then at the Européen, Alhambra and Bobino. She enjoyed a string of successes over the next fifteen years, surrounded by great songwriters and renowned orchestras such as those of Norbert Glanzberg and Wal-Berg. In 1946, Emil Stern and Eddy Marnay offered her the classic "Où es-tu mon amour?", followed by Charles Trenet's "La Mer", Léo Ferré's "Elle tourne... la Terre" and songs by Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel, Boris Vian, Francis Lemarque and her friend Francis Carco, to whom she dedicated an entire album in 1953. In 1956, she was the first to evoke the Holocaust in Stern and Marnay's "La Fontaine endormie". In 1963, Renée Lebas retired from the stage to devote herself to artistic production alongside Régine, Serge Lama and Maurice Vander. She founded the production and distribution company Cap Films before retiring. On December 18, 2009, Renée Lebas died at the Michel-Ange Hospital (Paris), aged 92.
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11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Chanson française
French Music - Released by Universal Music Division Barclay on 15 Jun 2015
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La chanteuse irréaliste
French Music - Released by EPM Musique on 1 Jul 2016
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Vintage Pop No. 173 - EP: Les Enfants Du Piree
Pop - Released by Vintage Music on 30 Oct 1960
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Complainte de la Butte
Pop - Released by Vintage Music on 10 Mar 2013
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Mammy
Jazz - Released by Black & Partner Licenses LLC on 1 Sep 2019
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Inédits - récital, vol. 2
Pop - Released by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse - Evasion Music on 1 Jan 1999
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Vintage French Song No. 129 - EP: Ses Derniers Succes
Pop - Released by Vintage Music on 1 Jan 2010
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La Saint Bonheur / Ni Toi, Ni Moi (Remastered 2019)
French Music - Released by Hit Singles Records on 2 Oct 2019
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Mon Ami Réveille - Toi (EP) (All Tracks Remastered)
French Music - Released by Hit Singles Records on 12 Dec 2019
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