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Ray Ventura‌

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Ray Ventura

Paris, France

Ray Ventura

Paris, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1908-04-16

Popularity

star1.0

Biography

Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel. Ventura was born to a Jewish family. In 1925 he was the pianist for the Collegiate Five, which recorded as the Collegians for Columbia beginning in 1928 and for Decca in the 1930s. A year later he led the band, and it became a dance orchestra resembling a big band. His sidemen included Alix Combelle, Philippe Brun, and Guy Paquinet. In the early 1940s he led a big band in South America and in France during the rest of the decade. One of his band's popular songs from 1936 was "Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise" in which the Marquise is told by her servants that everything is fine at home except for a series of escalating calamities. It was seen as a metaphor for France's obliviousness to the approaching war. Source: Article "Ray Ventura" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movie Credits

Everything is Going Very Well Madame la Marquise

Everything is Going Very Well Madame la Marquise‌
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calendar 1936

Adventure in Paris

Adventure in Paris‌
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calendar 1936

We Will All Go to Paris

We Will All Go to Paris‌
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calendar 1950

One Hundred Francs Per Second

One Hundred Francs Per Second‌
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calendar 1953

Whirlwind of Paris

Whirlwind of Paris‌
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calendar 1939

L'assassin connaît la musique

L'assassin connaît la musique‌
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calendar 1963

Femmes de Paris

Femmes de Paris‌
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calendar 1953

Monte Carlo Baby

Monte Carlo Baby‌
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calendar 1951

Mademoiselle Has Fun

Mademoiselle Has Fun‌
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calendar 1948

Feux de joie

Feux de joie‌
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calendar 1939

Quadrille

Quadrille‌
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calendar 1938

Tv Credits

Numéro un

Numéro un‌
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calendar 1975

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
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calendar 1956

La Chance aux chansons

La Chance aux chansons‌
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calendar 1984

Samedi soir

Samedi soir‌
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calendar 1971