Marc Ogeret

Marc Ogeret (; 25 February 1932 – 4 June 2018) was a French singer.

Biography Ogeret was born in Paris in 1932. His mother was a dressmaker and his father worked in the health service of the ministry of war. At 17, he dropped school and worked as an apprentice in a foundry. He later worked in a Renault car factory.

Ogeret started singing around 1954 songs from songwriters such as Félix Leclerc and Léo Ferré outside coffeehouses. Film director Pierre Prévert, the brother of poet Jacques Prévert, gave him the opportunity to sing in Parisian cabarets. Ogeret died on 4 June 2018 at the age of 86.

Discography 1962 : Les Mains d'Elsa (Productions Pacific) 1967 : Marc Ogeret chante Aragon 1968 : Autour de la Commune (Vogue) 1968 : Chansons "contre" (Vogue) 1970 : Chansons de la marine en bois (Vogue, SLVLX45) 1970 : Chansons salées de la marine (Vogue, SLD735) 1970 : Le condamné à mort, poem by Jean Genet, music by Hélène Martin (Cavalier LM940) 1972 : Rencontres (Vogue, SLD839) 1973 : Chansons de révolte et d'espoir (Vogue) 1976 : Imagine (Vogue, LDA2023) 1978 : La mer (Vogue, LDSE55) 1978 : Ogeret chante Bruant (Vogue, LDA2032) - Nouveau prix Académie Charles Cros. 1978 : Ogeret chante Bruant. Chansons et monologues Volume 1 & Volume 2 (CD Sony) 1979 : En toi (Vogue, VG407) 1980 : Chansons "contre" (continuation) (Vogue, VG408574) 1981 : Vivre (Vogue, 101634) 1984 : Le Condamné à mort (Jean Genet, Hélène Martin), new recording, Vogue, VG 409 540068) 1986 : Berger de paroles (Granit) 1987 : Nous ferons se lever le jour, poems and songs by Paul Vaillant-Couturier, Réveil des combattants RC 001 1988 : Chante la Révolution, Double album 30 cm, Socadisc Sc 370 (CD Socadisc, 1997) 1990 : Témoignage sur la période 1940-1945 & Chante la résistance 1990 : Ogeret chante Jean Vasca (Le Petit Véhicule) 1992 : Chante Aragon (Second Intermède) (EPM) 1996 : Chants de marins (EPM) 1999 : Ogeret chante Léo Ferré (EPM)

Awards 1962: Grand Prix du Disque 1978: Grand Prix du Disque 1983: Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres