Gilbert Mountain

Gilbert Montagné is a Chanteur French, born the December 28th 1951. It is blind of birth.

The musical training

Born the December 28th 1951 in the 20 {{E}} district from Paris, Gilbert Montagné is the fourth child of a modest family. Very early, he discovers the Musique in an specialized establishment of Saint-Mandé where from 5 to 10 years, he receives a traditional and rigorous teaching. However, it is in Autodidacte and on its piano that it develops a true taste for the varieties, the Jazz and the Rock. It remains the 6 following years with the National institute of the young blind men (Boulevard of the Invalids), period during which it acquires a Orgue, instrument which exacerbates its desire to become Musicien.

With discovered of America

In summer 1968, at 16 years, it decides to pass some hearings in recording companies which reproach him for sounding " too much; américain". Despite everything, Gilbert Montagné records a first 45 turns " When the yeux" are closed; , whose words are signed Pierre Delanoë. A total bide. It then decides to join his sister, teacher of French with Miami. L is registered at the university and continues traditional musical studies there. At its free times, he plays of the jazz and the Soul music. Only or with friends, it very quickly forms a group which occurs all the winter in the clubs of Miami or of New York… Its work of musician the roof. Gilbert likes himself the the United States so much, that it for settling there definitively. The fate decides some differently…

The first success

In 1971, a telephone call of Salvatore Adamo persuades it to return in Europe. And in May, Gilbert finds himself with London with the chorus-singers of Joe Cocker and Elvis Presley, to record " The Fool". The song makes the round the world tour and is classified n°1 in 12 countries. Are connected then turned, TVS, radios. It takes its first steps with the Olympia on invitation of Julien Clerc and turns even a short film recalling its life… Gilbert does not have whereas 20 years. Will follow the exit of a second album (1973), then of a third (1976) but Gilbert loses foot and flees towards the America, the Canada and its clubs of jazz where it finds in anonymity a musical refuge. Very right groom with his first wife, Maureen Byrne which he will divorce in 1993, he becomes in 1975, the father of Eric (who today made studies of hotel trade in Paris). Ten years later will be born Nicolas who lives with his mother in Canada.This time it turns in film for an apple to with dimensions of his friend Esther Galil.

The great return

Recalled by Johnny Hallyday at the end of 5 years of exile, it takes part in the keyboards with the spectacle given to the House of Paris to Pantin. Then it signs its great return in solo near the public by recording in 1980 the song " Believe in me". Three years later, the album Freedom , truffle of signed tubes of Didier Barbelivien like " One goes aimer" or " The sunlight lamp of Tropiques" , becomes several times disc of gold. Two rounds in Olympia, in 1985 and 1986, later, the hour of the artistic dedication of Gilbert Montagné sounded.

Dedication

He connects the rounds and the albums (Some notes of music, I want all, Plus extremely the life, Perdu in New York, the heart in deferment) before leaving to be established in 1990 with his family in Canada. Discs of gold in triumphal rounds, compilations in double CD Live, Gilbert Montagné reaches the dedication! It continues to carry out a ceaseless combat for the blind men (project, on a European scale, of labelling in Braille of the consumables).

The lawsuit

The December 5th 2006, after nine years of legal battle (two Appeal S in cassation), Gilbert Mountain and Didier Barbelivien gain their lawsuit against Flunch, shown to have plagiarized the tube " One goes aimer" in " One goes fluncher" , this under the terms of the principle of law and order of the inalienability of the right to the respect of work.

A partisan of Sarkozy

He gave his support at the time of the presidential election of 2007 to Nicolas Sarkozy. Thereafter it was " récompensé" of this support on September 14th, 2007, while being charged by the government with a mission on integration with the blind people and partially-sighted persons, " the specific needs remain partly badly taken in compte" , announced the Solidarity and Ministry of Labor.

Its famous songs

1971 "The Fool"
1972 "Baby I Feel So Fine" , " Like to me "
1973 "The chalk in the encrier" (Duet with Catherine Lara)
1980 " Believe in me"
1981 "Your vie"
1982 "One of fout us one aime"
1983 "One goes aimer" , " Musicienne"
1984 "I have the blues of toi" , " The sunlight lamp of the tropiques"
1987 "I want tout"
1989 "Lost in New-York"
1991 "The heart in sursis"
1993 "Décoller"
1996 "Like a étoile" , " History of femmes" , My chérie"
2002 "To hear your sourire"
2006 "Get Ready"

See too

External bonds

Official site
Site on Gilbert Mountain
exhaustive Discography

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