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Aliases: Hugues Jean Marie Auffray

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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Movie Involvements: 5

TV Involvements: 13


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Biography

Hugues Jean Marie Auffray (born 18 August 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine), better known as Hugues Aufray, is a French singer-songwriter and guitarist. Aufray is known for French language covers of Bob Dylan's songs. Aufray knew Dylan and his work from his time in New York City, as well as from record shops, and his translations capture the rawness of the original songs. His most famous original songs are "Santiano", "Céline", "Stewball" and "Hasta Luego". He was born to Henry Auffray, an industrialist and Amyelle de Caubios d'Andiran, (1898-1992) a musician, second cousin of the French author François Mauriac (respectively by their maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother). His sister was actress Pascale Audret (1936–2000) and his niece is actress Julie Dreyfus. Once Aufray's parents divorced, the family left Paris for Sorèze, where he was raised by his mother. During the war, he studied at Sorèze secondary school. In 1945, Aufray joined his father in Madrid, living there for three years. He attended the Lycée Français de Madrid in Madrid, and graduated with his baccalauréat. He then returned to France to start singing in Spanish. He first began writing songs for French singers. After finishing second in a singing competition, he signed a record deal in 1959 with Eddie Barclay. From there, he went on to co-write and arrange many songs, drawing influence from folk, blues and rock. While supporting Peter, Paul and Mary in New York in 1962, he struck up a friendship with Bob Dylan, who would then visit him in Paris in 1964. Aufray translated many of Dylan's songs into French:[ their appearance on his 1965 album Aufray chante Dylan helped form the tastes of the new French generation. Aufray represented Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, performing "Dès que le printemps revient" and finishing fourth. In 1966, he sang Les Crayons de Couleur in support of Martin Luther King at an anti-racism benefit. In 1984, he sang a duet with Bob Dylan at a concert in Grenoble,] and performed with him in Paris as well. Source: Article "Hugues Aufray" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

Star Academy
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Star Academy

(2001) Self
Midi Trente
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6

Midi Trente

(1972) Self
Télématin
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0

Télématin

(1985) Self
30 millions d'amis
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6

30 millions d'amis

(1976) Self
Midi première
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10

Midi première

(1975) Self
Numéro un
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6

Numéro un

(1975) Self
Stars 90
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6

Stars 90

(1990) Self
Dim Dam Dom
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6

Dim Dam Dom

(1965) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Maurice
2020 Self
2018 Self
2014 N/A
Self
Elie
2009 Self
2002 Self (archive footage)
2001 Self
1999 N/A
1998 Self
1993 Self - Voice
1990 Self
1985 Self
1984 Self
1982 Self
1977 Self
1976 Self
Self
1975 Self
Self
Self
Self
1972 Self
1971 Self
Self
1967 Self
1965 Self
1959 Self
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Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1977 Songs
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