Raymond Asso  

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Raymond Asso (2 June 1901 – 1968) was a French lyricist. Born in Nice, France, his parents separation saw him leave for Morocco at the age of 15. After his arrival he tried numerous professions, including: shepherd, factory worker, chauffeur and nightclub manager. Between 1916 and 1919 he worked as a Spahi, a type of foreign French soldier, being deployed in Turkey and Syria. After a lack of success and satisfaction with these occupations, he eventually turned to writing in 1933, working on his own lyrics and poetry.

Bibliography and discography

• Évangiles, Asso, Raymond - artwork by Jean Boullet, Paris, Éditions du Trois-Mâts (1947)
• Le Sixième évangile, Asso, Raymond, C. R. Denoel, Paris (1950)
• Récréation, Asso, Raymond, Paris, Nouvelles éditions Méridian (1952)
• Silhouettes (1952)
• Chansons d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (Songs of Yesterday and Today) (1953)
• Le joli Noël du petit ressort de montre (Merry Christmas of the Watch Spring) (1959)
• La légende du Père-Noël - conte : Livre-disque, Written by: Asso; Told by: Asso, Pierre Larquey; Music by Claude Valéry, France Adès; Released by Le Petit ménestrel (1965)

Works

• "Mon amant de la Coloniale" (1936)
• "Mon légionnaire" (1937)
• "Un jeune homme chantait" (1937)
• "J'entends la sirène" (1937)
• "Le Chacal" (1937)
• "Le contrebandier" (1937)
• "Le mauvais matelot" (1937)
• "Partance" (1937)
• "Tout fout l'camp (1937)
• "Le Fanion de la Légion" (1938)
• "Paris-Méditerranée" (1938)
• "C’est lui que mon cœur a choisi (avec Paul Colline)" (1938)
• "Le grand voyage du pauvre nègre" (1938)
• "Les marins ça fait des voyages" (1938)
• "Madeleine qu'avait du coeur" (1938)
• "Elle fréquentait la rue Pigalle" (1939)
• "Je n’en connais pas la fin" (1939)
• "Le petit monsieur triste" (1939)
• "Les deux copains"
• "Browning"
• "On danse sur ma chanson" (1940)
• "C’est l’histoire de Jésus"
• "La java du bonheur du monde"
• "Y’a tant d’amour" (1950)
• "Comme un petit coquelicot" (1952)
• "Ninon, ma ninette" (1954)
• "C’est tant pis, c’est tant mieux" (1954)
• "Berceuse pour demain" (1955)
• "Je suis nerveuse" (1955)
• "Mon cœur battait" (1956)
• "Mon printemps" (1956)
• "Mon ami m’a donné"
• "Mais les vrais amoureux"
• "O ma mie o ma Mireille"
• "Des pays merveilleux"
• "Un petit bouquet de violettes"
• "La chanson du Marsupilami" (1960)
• "Si les tambours" (1963)