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JEAN PAUL VIGNON
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JEAN PAUL
VIGNON
About this templateSUMMARY
I. INTRO
II. BIRTH
III. CHILDHOOD AND INSPIRATION
IV. A FRENCH / AMERICAN CAREER
V. FROM PARIS TO NYC WITH LOVE
VI. USA SUCCESS STORY
VII. THE SINGER
VIII. THE ACTOR
IX. GALLERY
JEAN PAUL VIGNON
A Remarkable Journey in Music and in Love
INTRO
About this template“I HAD MY FIFTEEN MINUTES”
“ I am not a movie star, I am not a rock star, and I have not sold millions of records, even though I had my fifteen minutes !”
“I am not a scientist and I certainly don’t know how to do a heart transplant, even though, to please my father, I studied one year of medicine.”
PASSIONATE
INDEPENDENT“I am not a Republican, I am not a Democrat, I am a very Independent guy who asks questions and seeks the truth. I have learned to trust any politician, if they have written a book or not. The same goes for religions.”
““But what makes a person interesting is not just
success, influence or money. The intricacies of life and how one deals with them is the key to make a
story fascinating.”
Jean Paul Vignon
JEAN PAUL VIGNON
A Remarkable Journey in Music and in Love
An American citizen since 1969, Jean-Paul Vignon was born in Ethiopia of a French father and an Italian mother, spent his childhood in Djibouti (formerly French Somaliland) and studied in France. That exotic background made him a sensuous singer and a man with a passion for life.
“In Djibouti, during WW2, all communications with occupied France had been stopped and all the products available were American, and in particular the movies ! Jean-Paul, as a little boy, was fascinated by what he was seeing on the screen, the New York skyscrapers, the Indians and cowboys of the western films, the gorgeous American ladies who could sing and dance so well ! The first movie stars he knew were James Stewart, Tyrone Power, and of course, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers ! As a teenager, Jean-Paul had been an admirer of the great French composer Charles Trenet who wrote international hits such as “Beyond the Sea” and “I Wish You Love”. Later he had the privilege of meeting Charles Aznavour whom he admired as a composer and a performer. But he also was attracted by American music and had been listening to every Frank Sinatra’s records he could find. That’s why his musical taste goes beyond the trend of a moment and gives him a unique universal appeal.
CHILDHOOD & INSPIRATIONS
A FRENCH | AMERICAN CAREER
BARCLAY RECORDS
ED SULLIVAN SHOW
ALGERIA ASPHALTE
FRANÇOISE ARNOUL
STARTING ALL OVER AGAINNEW-YORK
BLUE ANGEL
WOODY ALLEN
PARIS
CABARETS
In Paris, Jean-Paul won a song contest and was immediately signed by a manager who guided his career. He sang in cabarets, recorded for Barclay Records, starred in two movies, one, “Asphalte”, with the French movie star Francoise Arnoul, and he appeared many times on television. Unfortunately in those days France was at war in Algeria and Jean-Paul had to go to the army to perform his Military Service that lasted 28 months. When he came back his early achievements had been forgotten and he had to start all over again !
He got a booking on the ship The France, and the American crowd liked him very much. A gentleman who had some relations in show business told him that he could help him if he came to New York. Jean-Paul who had been dreaming of America since his childhood did not hesitate. On his return to Paris he sold everything and flew to New York where he made his debut at the “Blue Angel”, opening the show for a young Woody Allen… The scouts of the Ed Sullivan Show saw him there and signed him for eight appearances on his TV program.
FROM PARIS TO NYC WITH LOVE
USA SUCCESS STORYCOLUMBIA RECORDS
DAVID WOLPERTHE DEVIL’S BRIGADE
CLIFF ROBERTSON
WILLIAM HOLDENCOLOMBO
MURDER SHE WROTEDALLAS
L.A. LAW
GILMORE GIRLS
THE TONIGHT’S SHOW
The Merv Griffin Show
THE SENSUOUS MAN
DICK CLARK
Thanks to the Ed Sullivan Show Jean-Paul was signed by Columbia Records, and performed in every major night club from New York to Las Vegas. He co-starred in David Wolper’s film “THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE” with William Holden and Cliff Robertson, appeared on many television shows like “Colombo”, “Murder She Wrote”, “L.A. Law”, “Dallas”, “Gilmore Girls”, “The Tonight Show”, “The Merv Griffin Show”, and even starred in his own TV program in Canada “The Sensuous Man”, produced by Dick Clark.
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JEAN PAUL VIGNON
A Remarkable Journey in Music and in Love
THE SINGER
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JEAN PAUL VIGNON-ED SULLIVAN SHOW
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A DUO WITH FARAH FAWCETT
In two or three columns“TOI”
He met Farrah Fawcett with whom he recorded a song that had won the Eurovision Song Festival. He was singing in French and Farrah was whispering in English what he was singing in French. A very sexy record that unfortunately was never released due to the politics of Show Business ! (VIDEO ABOVE)
THE ACTOR
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SHREK
GILMORE GIRLSAMERICAN TRAGEDY
500 DAYS OF SUMMERDAYS OF OUR LIVES
COLUMBORACE FOR GLORY
STAR TREK
DALLAS
L.A. LAW
THE DEVIL’S BRIGADEBONSOIR
THE BOB BROWN SHOW
THE TONIGHT SHOWJOEY BISHOP SHOW
ED SULLIVAN SHOWBILL THE INTERN MACH 2SPECIAL O.P.S. FORCE
TRACY TAKES ON...
GALLERY
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GALLERY
