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Marcel Amont died on Wednesday March 8 at the age of 93. A music hall artist, the singer made a name for himself in the 1950s.
The Mexican, Marcel Amont’s greatest success, represents the singer’s energy and joie de vivre. He owed this success to his friend, Charles Aznavour. Even when he took over a song, Marcel Amont did it in his own way, in a joking way. So, True True happinessan American song that was not comic, becomes Blue, white, blond, almost a sketch song.
In the first part of Edith Piaf
From his beginnings, Marcel Amont is a cur. He appears disguised as a bullfighter for one of his first successes emiliano. His personality pleases Edith Piaf, who hires him for the first part of her concerts. After a slack period, Marcel Amont relaunched his success in the mid-1970s, thanks to Georges Brassens. “We are chorus sowers and the songs punctuate people’s lives“, confided the artist in 2013. Marcel Amont had chosen to be an acrobat and always deployed the same energy as long as he could be on stage.