Pierre Peret was born in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
on July 9, 1934. He spent a good part of his childhood in the café which his
parents owned, where he learned to work with jargon and slang. At the age of 14
he signed up at the Conservatoire de
Musique de Toulouse
and at a dramatic arts institute. Sadly he wasn't admitted to the Conservatoire
National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris because he had some problems
with the military justice system during his military service. In the meantime,
he set up his first band of four musicians under his own name, with whom he
played at events throughout the region. In 1957, he was signed by Eddie Barclay.
It was in the studio of Barclay where he met his future wife, Simone
Mazaltarim.
In 1958, Perret toured Parisian cabaret bars and crossed France and Africa
as part of the American group, The Platters. In November of that year, pleurisy
forced him to take two years off and he was treated in a sanatorium.
A master of the subtleties of the French language and French
slang (he even rewrote some of Jean de La Fontaine's fables), his songs are
often cheeky (for example Le zizi (The Willy)), asking questions
in a seemingly naive child's tone, but he has written more serious political
songs, such as La bête est revenue, La petite kurde, Vert de
Colère and Lily.
His lone Euro-western score was for the French comedy “Judge
Roy Bean” staring Robert Hossein
PERRET, Pierre
(aka Perret) [7/9/1934, Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, France - ] – writer, composer, singer, songwriter,
musician, actor, married to actress, singer Simone ‘Rebekah’ Mazaltarim
(1962- ) father of twins Alain Perret [1957- ], Anne Perret [1957), Julie Perret
[1963-1995]
Judge Roy Bean – 1972
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