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Track: Nougayork
Artist: Claude Nougaro
Album: Nougayork (Remasterisé 2014)

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Name: Claude Nougaro
Spotify Genres: chanson, variété française, french jazz, french pop, french house
Followers: 187,703
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Claude Nougaro (born September 9, 1929, Toulouse, Occitania – died March 4, 2004, Paris) was a French songwriter and singer. His father was an opera singer and his mother a piano teacher. He began his career as a songwriter in the early 1950's. He debuted as a singer in 1955, on the stage of Lapin Agile, Montmartre Cabaret. His debut recording was released in 1959, with very minor success, despite a tour with [a=Dalida]. In 1962, a jazz influenced collaboration with [a=Michel Legrand] becomes his breakthrough success, both commercial and critical. In 1964 he teamed up with [a=Baden Powell], the first of a long term relationship incorporating Brazilian sounds and musicians. In the mid-1980's he was dropped by his record company [l=Barclay] due to disappointing record sales. He then moved to New York City, where he recorded a funk-tinged album, "Nougayork", a massive seller and award winning album that brought him to the attention of a whole new audience. After this New York experience, he returned to his jazz roots, to which he incorporated some world music elements collaborating with [a=Didier Lockwood] or [a=Ray Lema]. He died on March 4, 2004, and his ashes were scattered on the Garonne river in his Toulouse hometown. Later in 2004, [l=Blue Note] released a collection of his last recordings titled "La Note Bleue". He's the father of [a2285306].

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Release: Claude Nougaro - Nougayork
Year: 1987
Genres: Electronic, Jazz
Styles: Synth-pop

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LYRICS

Dès l'aérogare
J'ai senti le choc
Un souffle barbare
Un remous herd-rock
Dès l'aérogare
J'ai changé d'époque
Come on! Ça démarre
Sur les starting-blocks

Gare gare gare
Là c'est du mastoc
C'est pas du Ronsard
C'est de l'amerloc
Sera-ce la bagarre
Ok j'suis ad hoc
J'aurai l'gros cigare
En or, les pare-chocs

Dès l'aérogare
J'ai senti le choc
Faur rentrer dare-dare
Dans la ligne de coke
Un nouveau départ
Solide comme un roc
Une pluie d'dollars
Ici Nougayork

Ici superstar
J'suis gonflé à bloc
C'est l'enfance de l'art
C'est l'?uf à la coque

A moins qu'un lascar
Au détour d'un block
Et sans crier gare
Me découpe le lard

Façon jambon d'York