Joseph Ira Dassin, better known as Joe Dassin, was born on November 5, 1938 in
New York, USA. A Franco-American singer, composer and writer, he has sold nearly
25 million records worldwide, making him one of the most popular representatives
of French chanson. The son of Jules Dassin, a film director, and Béatrice
Launer, a virtuoso violinist, he is the grandson of Samuel Dassin, a Jewish
immigrant from Odessa in the Russian Empire, named "Dassin" by default by the
immigration authorities because he couldn't speak English. Joe Dassin grew up
between New York and Los Angeles, where...