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Henri Salvador

From swing-era jazz to children's songs, parody rock and bossa nova, crooner Henri Salvador has tried his hand at every genre. Born in Cayenne, French Guiana, on July 18, 1917 to parents originally from Guadeloupe, he arrived in mainland France in 1929, abandoning his studies to perform in Paris cabarets. A gifted musician, he learned to play the violin, trumpet, drums and guitar, and was a skilled entertainer, putting on an act with his brother André at Jimmy's Bar. A member of Django Reinhardt's orchestra before the Second World War, he went on to play and sing in a number of j...