Jean Sablon

(1906-1994)

French actor-singer

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Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne 25 March 1906 – Cannes 24 February 1994) was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and American names, he was the first to use a microphone on a French stage in 1936. Star of vinyl records and the radio, he left France in 1937 to take a contract with NBC in the United States. His radio and later televised shows made him a huge star in America. Henceforth the most international of French singers among his contemporaries, he became an ambassador of French songwriting and dedicated his career to touring internationally, occasionally returning to France to appear on stage. His sixty-one year career came to an end in 1984.

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Born	Jean Georges Sablon 25 March 1906 Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Died	24 February 1994 (aged 87) Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Zodiac	Aries
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André Sablon · Brother · 1896-1947 · French composer edit info

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Germaine Sablon · Sister · 1899-1985 · French singer, film actress and WWII French Resistance fighter edit info

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