Remembering the music and life of the 'French Frank Sinatra,' Charles Aznavour
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He personified French culture to the world. Over an eight-decade career, he wrote more than 1,000 songs and sold 180 million records. Music critic Richelle Harrison Plesse and Eve Jackson pay tribute to the singer, songwriter and actor Charles Aznavour, who's died aged 94.
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@excelsior999 5 жыл бұрын
He was not “The French Frank Sinatra.” He was Charles Aznavour, and he was one of a kind.
@selinakyle2368 3 ай бұрын
Exactly
@ArmineNazaryan-sw7ef 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!!!!
@sundelong2727 4 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Korea I was listening Charles Aznavour and falling in love with chanson . Married to French man and moved to California and continue listen to his music . When my mother passed away , I cried so much as I listened La mama till there was no more tears left in my eyes . I believe my mother who loved chanson meet him in heaven .Amazing artist and beautiful man !!
@joeschmoll4110 5 жыл бұрын
His songs will live FOR EVER.
@francinesicard464 5 жыл бұрын
As much as I loved Sinatra's voice and music, I find it absolutely ridiculous and pathetic that the anglo-Saxon countries call Charles Aznavour the French Sinatra! He was just Charles Aznavour who wrote his own lyrics and composed his own music, something Sinatra never did. He carried out our language and culture around the world loud and clear for 70 years. Merci Charles pour vos magnifiques chansons. Adieu l'artiste.
@farzadk6428 5 жыл бұрын
Completely agree. Not to take anything away from Sinatra, but one would just have to look at the body of work that Aznavour has produced thru 7 decades, a beloved international artist.
@16nowhereman 5 жыл бұрын
Francine: I totally agree. No comparison. Aznavour is unique and Sinatra not even close to what Aznavour accomplished in the world of music. One of the top 5 artist and entertainers ever!!
@85151972 5 жыл бұрын
@@farzadk6428 I do believe that those who compare Sinatra and Aznavour must be Americans where singers in general sing a tune often very beautiful but hardly "brought" a song as not only Aznavour but many chansonniers do, like Piaff, Brell, Becaud and so many more. It is indeed pathetic as Francine wrote that Aznavour is put in the same category with Sinatra - he was distinctly different, writing his own songs and above all lyrics which are the essence of a chanson. Almost the first time I heard one of his songs "Tu Te Laisse Aller" I knew this is a poet who sings and Sinatra never got to that level; lyricist are quite unique like Cohen and others often more like cabaretiers who have a message and know how to bring it. There are those that do that in the English language like Newley but in general Americans like their stars to be great voices and hardly care about the lyrics ( can I dance to this...) So please don't ever compare the two, they are truly incomparable "
@TheGranti7a 5 жыл бұрын
Francine Sicard Allow commenters in the media and elsewhere to use their own language to reach out to broader audiences to tell stories of cultural value, such as in this case. Critiques such as expressed by you spread a personal resentment at risk of toxicity. The easiest thing to do is to indulge the negative. Be careful though this position is also seductive to the espouser. Grace and being tolerant while teaching others with compassion, goes a long way on this plane of human consciousness evolution. Blessings.
@janetllaverias5511 5 жыл бұрын
Francine Sicard I totally agree! He was Charles Aznavour! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@j.g.t7006 5 жыл бұрын
Charles Aznavour you will be missed 🖤 😢 💔 Armenia lost dear son and the best friend. R.I.P 🙏
@yujicortez 5 жыл бұрын
It is with great sadness that I learn of the passing of Charles Aznavour today. He wrote one of my favorite songs, SHE, which I happened to be listening to, just this morning. May he rest in peace, knowing he made many people, myself included, happy with his music. 🎶 💐 ❤️
@PS109VanBurenHigh 5 жыл бұрын
I noticed your comment about SHE and thought to ask if you have heard his song YOU?
@gyulchoraatanesyan4193 5 жыл бұрын
He was more than a legend. R.I.P Charles Aznavour 💐
@artashesyeranosyan6860 5 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Legend!!! Thank you France!
@hasmikaghuzumtsyan6195 5 жыл бұрын
You are gone, but not forgotten, always in our hearts and minds, dear Charles, R. I, P, in the HEAVEN.
@Kristov818 5 жыл бұрын
True Icon, RIP 🇦🇲 🇫🇷
@mawardrestaurant1145 5 жыл бұрын
Great artist singer writer we will miss you, we say goodbye to you but not your songs and voice , as they will never be forgotten. We love you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@samverhagen9984 5 жыл бұрын
The best singer ever, a loss for Europe and France. But please top calling him the French Frank Sinatra, he is Aznavour. Sinatra and Aznavour are on the same level, neither of them should be compared to one another
@Tony7840 5 жыл бұрын
Sam Verhagen The GREATEST European entertainer that I had the wonderful pleasure of listening and seeing in person at Carnegie Hall (NYC) and Caesar’s Palace (Las Vegas). An absolute true romanticist.
@Tony7840 5 жыл бұрын
Aznavour was an individualist, as Sinatra was. None could ever compare to either one.
@TheCaptainKim 5 жыл бұрын
They´re not on the same level, Sinatra never composed a song in his life.
@angingrigoryan1637 5 жыл бұрын
Charles Aznavour was only one on the world.
@raquelmorel4277 5 жыл бұрын
Mr Charles Aznavour was truly a piece of French history because he cared about his country and the people who cared about him. He really very much represented "Le Petit Poeme" of the music world for millions of people who will always listen to his voice and his music. A romance in manner of the legend, the chant and all of which he represented to so many fans who will always remember the legacy of Mr Charles Aznavour, may he rest in peace in the lord's welcoming arms!! REM
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Raquel Morel ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@XX-gy7ue 5 жыл бұрын
HE WAS SPECTACULAR ! R.I.P.
@hasmikaghuzumtsyan6195 5 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace dear Aznavour, one of the greatest sons of the Armenian nation and of all the mankind. A genius, a wise, kind and modest man. we love, adore you and will always remember you and your unique art.
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Hasmik Aghuzumtsyan ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
He was Charles Aznavour. Please let’s stick to that. The Great late Charles Aznavour. Humanitarian, Poet, prolific writer, singer, songwriter, lyricist, an Artist with “C”! This comparaison is absolutely not necessary. Incomparable. One of a kind. Laissez Mr. Charles Aznavour être Mr. Charles Aznavour. Un grand Homme un grand Artiste 🎶 🎵 🤴🏻❤️🙏🏿💕👍🏿👏🏿 RIP
@eb1076 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for everything Charles Aznavour, love you 👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
@bergfish7328 5 жыл бұрын
😢 Farewell, Charles! 🌷
@CarlyWaarly 4 жыл бұрын
As much as Frank Sinatra is a world class, Charles Aznavour is in a different league above him, a genuine artist!
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
CSMedia ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@rocky54app 5 жыл бұрын
Very well done, thank you France 24 English.
@lyovg.3879 5 жыл бұрын
Legendary Maestro R I P
@saoirsewynne8813 5 жыл бұрын
Rip pure legend such talent.
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Saoirse Wynne ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@16nowhereman 5 жыл бұрын
I live in the United States of Mexican decent and am fortunate and blessed to see him sing live here in Los Angeles, California a few years ago. The world will miss you. RIP.
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
16nowhereman ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@alecpetrossian7459 5 жыл бұрын
Great writer singer artist, R.I.P.
@MesopotamianStar 5 жыл бұрын
Repose en paix monsieur Aznavour 😢
@farzadk6428 5 жыл бұрын
I can not believe that the producer of this program, show Elvis Presley's picture instead of the actual singer who did this beautiful cover of Aznavour's Hier Encore - Yesterday when I was young. That would be ROY CLARK in 1969.
@St.Finger 5 жыл бұрын
Unlike Frank Sinatra, Charles Aznavour wrote all of his music! I do not see a point of comparison here! This is like comparing bananas to pomegranates!
@nicolasgrand-chavin8349 5 жыл бұрын
Most of them ;) he didn't wrote La Boheme nor For me formidable, but on all of his song he was at least either the author or composer
@48Zbyszek 5 жыл бұрын
Odszedł Mistrz nad Mistrze,odeszła epoka,odszedł ostatni wykonawca piosenki,którą się śpiewa.Żegnaj Brylancie piosenki!
@gerrykaminsky7382 5 жыл бұрын
Charles Aznavour WAS NOT the French Frank Sinatra!! He was the one and only Charles Aznavour. A singer like him happens only once in a lifetime. I had many C.A. favorites, but my all time is "Que c'est triste Venise". Venice and the world, are decidedly sadder places without him. R.I.P. Charles. :-(
@dianamomdjian3164 5 жыл бұрын
No he was not, he is the one and only Legend.
@AvazFreedom 5 жыл бұрын
Rest in eternal peace!
@GH-oi2jf 5 жыл бұрын
I don’t think the comparison to Sinatra is fair. A lot of people loved Sinatra, but many others hated him. I don’t think any French or Armenian people hated Aznavour.
@arnoldmatthews834 5 жыл бұрын
Ross there are many statues of Aznavour throughout Armenia already
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Arnold Matthews ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Well said ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@ArmineNazaryan-sw7ef 2 ай бұрын
Very well said!!
@EricaNernie 5 жыл бұрын
A mistake to call him 'the French Sinatra'. Sinatra was not a composer.
@veronicanicholls7132 3 жыл бұрын
Agree! Loved him.
@ednawright3418 5 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful man. Loved his voice, the briliiant music and lyrics he produced. I have just watched his Funeral on KZfaq - what a beautiful send off. How France and Armenia must have loved him. France, you did him proud. By the way, agree that Sinatra was nowhere near , "No, I could never forget",
@geraividet 5 жыл бұрын
One of the great song writers ever
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Gerrard Aissing ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@aldoczavala8540 5 жыл бұрын
Calling him the French Frank Sinatra is absurd, as if other countries could only mimic and not have their own legends bigger than life. Wake up, english speaking singers are not the only ones to have talent.
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Aldo C Zavala ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@dmikaels2199 5 жыл бұрын
With all due respect , he was more than Sinatra! While he will be missed, his songs, lyrics and music will live for ever! RIP Maestro!
@brianmcdonald9298 3 жыл бұрын
I used to watch my parents listening to his records. I also became a big fan. He is one of the worlds greatest artists. He is hard to beat for a romantic evening.
@archiemelkonian 5 жыл бұрын
The most important for us that he is Armenian. His last name is Aznavurian. His sister lived in the same building where I grew up!
@elijahschkeiban6533 5 жыл бұрын
so sad he is gone. come le vol d'un oiseau
@tagadamian1584 5 жыл бұрын
thank you, for such video )
@nromk 5 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry that I hear his song Summer in Paris on Laura Puasini's 20 Latin America.
@lromeroyt 5 жыл бұрын
He shall not be called the 'French Sinatra'' he was himself - Charles Aznavour - gringos think all the best is just americans and NO it is not! both Sinatra and Aznavour were unique - why is that so difficult to understand - why the need to have a better and a worse...
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
lromeroyt yes!!! He was Charles Aznavour. Please let’s stick to that. The Great late Charles Aznavour. Humanitarian, Poet, prolific writer, singer, songwriter, an Artist with “C”! This comparaison is absolutely not necessary. Incomparable. One of a kind. Laissez Mr. Charles Aznavour être Mr. Charles Aznavour. Un grand Homme un grand Artiste 🎶 🎵 🤴🏻❤️🙏🏿💕👍🏿👏🏿 RIP
@margaretporter2517 5 жыл бұрын
SO FRANCE24 ENGLISH I suggest you change the title of this clip to CHARLES AZNAVOUR THE GREATEST MASTER OF CHANSON!
@charlesayache6801 5 жыл бұрын
Was never ever called Frank Sinatra!
@kevingallagher4817 5 жыл бұрын
As I grow older, I appreciate the musicians of different countries and cultures. I remember watching a performance of "She"many years ago and it made a strong impression on me. I am learning more about his songs and although the musical landscape has changed, it seems very timely. He was truly a gift to the world.
@emiliamazur5869 5 жыл бұрын
Napoleon Francuskiej Piosenki - w naszych sercach na zawsze !!! ❤🇫🇷❤
@rodolforodriguez4535 Жыл бұрын
I admire and love sinatra career an american icon, american icon. Asnavour is world icon. Wrote over 1400 songs, singing in 5 languages. Known all around the world
@armans4306 5 жыл бұрын
He was not French Frank Sinatra. He was Charles Aznavour! He was greater than anyone else
@A.S.EnglishLessons 5 жыл бұрын
For the record: that's Roy Clark singing Yesterday when the picture of Elvis is being shown. Elvis did the Beatles' Yesterday, written by Paul - an entirely different song.
@hildaandreas7469 5 жыл бұрын
Why keep comparing him to Sinatra? While Sinatra is amazing. CHARLES Aznavour is and was everthing and should not be compared to anyone. He will forever be in my heart .
@sammychapman2430 4 жыл бұрын
There is no comparison! Sinatra was simply a singer while Mr. Aznavour CREATED and sang the beautiful music he wrote.
@joeschmoll4110 5 жыл бұрын
To nie byl francuski Sinatra... Charles Aznavour byl o wiele większy: kompozytor, autor, polityk, filantrop, aktor, ... oraz artysta który śpiewał po francusku, armeńsku, angielsku, hiszpańsku, rosyjsku (może nie wszystkie języki wymieniłem). Jego utwory będą żyć WIECZNIE!!! He was not a french Sinatra... Charles Aznavour was much greater : composer, author, politician, philanthropist, actor, ... and artist who sang in French, Armenian, English, Spanish, Russian (perhaps few more languages). His music will live FOREVER!!!
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Joe Schmoll ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Joe Schmoll tak!!!
@America_Number1 Жыл бұрын
Merci Charles! Better than Sinatra, he will always be the greatest solo artist. We are so proud, may he live on forever in our hearts!
@sarahrawson8549 5 жыл бұрын
He wrote his own songs , sinartra did, Charles was the netter musician. RIP.
@stevestearns2241 5 жыл бұрын
PETULA CLARK AND AZNAVOUR WERE CLOSE FRIENDS. SHOW CLIPS THE BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER THANKS
@rooze7em 5 жыл бұрын
Hey you people , Sinatra wS a mobster and at the most an entertainer, Charle was an Artist , it is no comparable, so do not do it! Charles was a real Artist and Sinatra was not. Zip it off.
@dianamomdjian3164 5 жыл бұрын
so true,,,,
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
BAHMAN PARSA right!!! ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@mrs_unknown5941 3 жыл бұрын
🙏💕
@jeffkodiac 5 жыл бұрын
That's boring this " French Frank Sinantra " in fact it was Sinatre who were the American Aznavour .
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Jeff Kodiac yes!!! He was Charles Aznavour. Please let’s stick to that. The Great late Charles Aznavour. Humanitarian, Poet, prolific writer, singer, songwriter, an Artist with “C”! This comparaison is absolutely not necessary. Incomparable. One of a kind. Laissez Mr. Charles Aznavour être Mr. Charles Aznavour. Un grand Homme un grand Artiste 🎶 🎵 🤴🏻❤️🙏🏿💕👍🏿👏🏿 RIP
@maximilianmytkowski4092 3 жыл бұрын
they only say that cause Frank Sinatra was born earlier than Charles Aznavour
@19BenZ57 5 жыл бұрын
NO ! he was not French Sinatra ! He was Charles Aznavour period .
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
BehrooZ Abshar ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@Argishtey 5 жыл бұрын
🇦🇲🇫🇷❤️
@fzd5953 5 жыл бұрын
😍😍
@preciousendsian5496 5 жыл бұрын
with all due respect - US media and UK media must STOP comparing Charles Aznabour to Frank Sinatra. • Aznavour WROTE his OWN songs • Aznavour SPOKE over Half a DOZEN languages • Aznavour was a great Humanitarian Activist • Aznavour was a Philanthropist who contributed millions to rebuilding Armenian city of Gyumri after the 1988 earthquake Every Artist deserves their own valor and appreciation - but calling Aznavour the “French Frank Sinatra” sounds very ignorant.
@leungsantee655 2 жыл бұрын
Please stop calling Monsieur Charles Aznavour as French Sinatra & putting the caption French Sinatra on your Screen .Aznavour is irreplaceable.An Icon & true Legend. I had the pleasure seeing him first time in Paris in Au Palais des Congres & 2 times in Toronto .He is unique & may he Rest In Peace . His distinctive vibrato tenor voice is with us forever ..Merci Monsieur Aznavour
@adamodeo9320 2 жыл бұрын
Charles Aznavour is Charles Aznavour and no one was or is like him and he was NOTHING like Sinatra (with all due respect ) please do not compare - this man was one in a century
@julianblenkins6828 4 жыл бұрын
Francine.....AGREED
@p.s.36 5 жыл бұрын
STOP comparing AZNAVOUR to others. Aznavour is Unique in his brand, his style, and his humanitarianism. Each Artist deserves his own valor - but repeatedly comparing the two by calling Aznavour the “French Frank Sinatra” sounds very Ignorant and Uninformed. Also - Aznavour was Not involved with the Mafia 😆 US and U.K. the most pathetic media in the world must STOP COMPARING Charles Aznavour to Frank Sinatra !!! At this point, I believe media is being spiteful .. * Aznavour WROTE his OWN SONGS. The man was a Poet. * Aznavour even WROTE Lyrics to songs for other French artists ! * Aznavour was a Polyglot, and SANG in over Half a DOZEN Languages * Aznavour SOLD MORE than Sinatra at that age * Aznavour was more than an Artist: he was a great Humanitarian Activist! * Aznavour was a generous Philanthropist who contributed millions to rebuilding the Armenian city of Gyumri after the 1988 earthquake
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
P. S. ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@LeoInterHyenaem 5 жыл бұрын
A great man. A bon vivant of a singular scope. A connoisseur of style. A poet of Love and of Life. A generally wise and gentle soul. A singer and songwriter of an unprecedented scale. The two wisdoms that escaped him, was the ever-so-mainstream, intolerably daft abstention from consuming animal torture, and his proclivity for social, racial, political and religious ultra-leftism (so much so that he even accepted his daughter's insufferable, shameful degradation of voluntarily succumbing a brazen shag-exploit of an arab skirt chaser - he even publicly justified his daughter's moral, aesthetic, cultural, sexual failure. But then again, there's not a single successful celebrity today untainted with the pathetic cancer of xenomania). RIP, dear Charles.
@hihihaha42699 5 жыл бұрын
Frank Sinatra has not the quality and level of Aznavour.
@dianamomdjian3164 5 жыл бұрын
so true.
@dianamomdjian3164 5 жыл бұрын
true.
@anahitoganesian9152 5 жыл бұрын
he is nat sinatra,he singign hiz ovn songs. senatra singinq avo uvezyans sonds. dey are not tde same. dont kompere them pleaze
@mohamadbali5711 5 жыл бұрын
isabel nice song should be behjat,sakineh,ashraff,or more he came won the lottery became rich ,live fantastic and gone so like its says don't cry for me
@andranikmkhitaryan4732 5 жыл бұрын
🇦🇲 🇦🇲 🇦🇲 ❤️❤️❤️. 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
@user-jl8wg2eh3f Жыл бұрын
Better than Sinatra, especially since he wrote most of his songs himself.
@rabahsoukehal9618 3 жыл бұрын
Avec tout le respect pour Frank, mais c'est M. Aznavour, le Grand, l'Unique, l'Exceptionnel... Élu crooner du XX ème siècle par le Times 😂😂😂😂
@n280.z9 2 ай бұрын
It’s disrespectful to say French Sinatra have same respect for him please
@ArthaxtaDaVince777 4 жыл бұрын
No, no, Frank Sinatra was simply "American Charles Aznavour." The whole country mourned their loss and the government itself attended his funeral.
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Narekaci Shahbazyan ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@maximilianmytkowski4092 3 жыл бұрын
people refer to him as "French Sinatra" because he was born BEFORE Charles and he became a song writer BEFORE Charles
@docteurmaboul8297 Жыл бұрын
Sinatra disait que Aznavour etait le chanteur compositeur du siecle!
@ara75st 5 жыл бұрын
Stop calling him Frank Sinatra. If Frank was 10 , Charles was 1000.
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
Ara Stepanian ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗 yep!
@TheCaptainKim 5 жыл бұрын
Sinatra was a great singer but it´s an insult to Aznavour to call him the French Sinatra. Aznavour composed over a 1000 songs and his lyrics were poems. Sinatra did none of that. So let´s stop this nonsense once and for all.
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
TheCaptainKim ❤️🙏🏿👍🏿👏🏿💗
@boris1968-i8l 3 жыл бұрын
sinatra is little ant,for Sharles
@roberthovakemian5898 4 жыл бұрын
come on frank sinatra of france , how can you compare Charles Aznavor to that , shameful .
@KaissaDoumbeMoulongo 4 жыл бұрын
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@enlightenmefree1 4 жыл бұрын
what an insult promote Aznavour as the French frank Sinatra , as talant and artist Sinatra is not even on the same planet them Aznavour,
@armo4594 5 жыл бұрын
He's Armenian not French.
@jpc7118 4 жыл бұрын
He was both... but to understand that you need to understand the french culture. when in most other countries and cultures, you have the "right of blood" for birth rule, France is "home soil right" rule... And being French is more a feeling, a way of life, Charles Aznavour arrived in France very young and ALWAYS said he was French... We can be French by spirit... From a grandson of an immigrate that France gave a chance to survive.
@NNNGun 3 жыл бұрын
He was both 🇦🇲 🇫🇷
@orlandolopez7073 Жыл бұрын
Charles aznavour el mas grande,entre los grandes
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