Jacques Douai
Born on December 11, 1920 in Douai (France), of his real name Gaston Tanchon,
and died on August 7, 2004 in Paris (France), Jacques Douai was a French singer.
He began his career in Paris, in 1947, at the cabaret Chez Pomme, where he sang
accompanying himself on guitar. That same year, he was the first male performer
of Prévert and Kosma's song " Les Feuilles mortes ". The onset of tuberculosis
forced him to take a break from the stage from 1951 to 1954. He returned in
1955, releasing the album Chansons Poétiques Anciennes Et Modernes. This album
won him the Prix de l'Académie Ch...
