Georges Poubennec (17 July 1930 â 16 March 2012), better known under the name Georges Aber, was a French singer-songwriter.
Poubennec was born in Brest. During the 1960s, he adapted the lyrics of many popular songs from English into French. He died in Plougastel, aged 81.
Selected discography
As singer
- "Mes frères" / "Mon cÃ
Âur bat" / "Rue de la solitude" / "Plus grand" â EP, 1959, Véga V 45 P 1994
- "Qu'il fait bon vivre" / "Oh oh, Madeleine!" / "JâÂÂai rêvé" / "Je sais"- EP, 1959, Véga V 45 P 2019
- "Monsieur Seguin" / "Jericho" / "Pourquoi (Ya ya)" / "Comme un tigre (Tiger)" â EP, 1960, Véga V 45 P 2068
- "Je ris quand jâÂÂai le blues" / "Des ya ya, des yé yé" / "Bravo au héros!" / "Quelquefois jâÂÂaiâ¦" â EP, 1963, Polydor 27016
As songwriter or adapter
- For Johnny Hallyday : over fifty songs in all including: "Madison Twist" (1962; also covered by Sylvie Vartan), "Les Coups", French adaptation of "Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1966), "Noir c'est noir" (1966), "Amour d'été" (1967), "San Francisco" (1967), "Aussi dur que du bois" (1967), "àtout casser" (1968), "Mal" (1968), "Tant pis, c'est la vie" (1977), "Rien àpersonne" (1984).
- For Sylvie Vartan : "Panne d'essence" (1961), "Le Loco-motion" (1962), "ll revient" (1963), "Dum di la" (1964), "Sha La La" (1964), "Mister John B." (1966), "Irrésistiblement" (1968), "Bye bye love" (also performed by Danny Boy), "Un p'tit je ne sais quoi" (also recorded by Les Chats sauvages), "Chance", "Moi, je pense encore àtoi" (also performed by Claude François), "Quand le film est triste", "Oui c'est lui", "Moi (je ne suis plus rien)"
- For Petula Clark : "CÃ
Âur blessé" (1962), "Mon bonheur danse" (1963), "Entre nous, il est fou" (1963), "Prends garde àtoi" (1964), "Dans le temps" (1964), "Viens avec moi" (1965), "Mon amour" (1966), "Tout le monde veut aller au ciel mais personne ne veut mourir" (1966), "Va toujours plus loin", "Ya Ya Twist", "Partir, il nous faut", "Les gens diront", "Claquez vos doigts"
- For Frank Alamo : "Le chef de la bande", "Pas de larmes", "Reviens vite et oublie" (also performed by Les Surfs), "Je me bats pour gagner", "Non, ne dis pas adieu"
- For Richard Anthony : "Le p'tit clown de mon coeur", "Roly Poly", "Fich' le camp Jack", "Belle-maman" (also performed by Frankie Jordan), "Quand tu me diras oui"
- For Les Chaussettes Noires : "Tu parles trop", "Le Twist", "ll revient", "Peppermint twist"
- For Danyel Gérard : "Le Marsupilami", "lmprovisez le "Shout"", "Youpi ya Tamouré"
- For Noël Deschamps : "On joue avec son coeur", "Aujourd'hui tout va vite", "àquoi ça tient", "Souviens-toi que moi je t'aime", "La vie est un combat", "Tu n'es plus dans l'coup", "Cherche encore"
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