Jean Sablon: Popular French Crooner of the 1930s

The story of Jean Sablon’s life and career encapsulates some of the major changes in twentieth-century society, transformations that reshaped the art of the chanson while also opening up hitherto undreamed-of possibilities for entertaining an ever-wider public.

One of the very first recording stars, Jean Sablon rapidly became a radio personality and was the first French chansonnier to use a microphone in his stage act, so helping to usher in a new era in the world of cabaret singing. New developments in modern transportation also now made it possible for him to perform on every continent, so finding worldwide fame and becoming the best-known French popular singer of his generation. It was Jean Sablon who came to represent the art of French chanson throughout the world.

Book signing and reception to follow.

About the Authors

Belgian authors Philippe Jadin and Charles Langhendries are passionate about French music and especially by the prominent figure of Jean Sablon. Their first biography of him, Jean Sablon, le gentleman de la chanson, came out in 2002.

Philippe Jadin is a graduate of Linguistics and Charles Langhendries of Law and Roman Philology.

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