Robert (Boby) Lapointe (April 16, 1922 - June 29, 1972) was a French singer, noted for his humorous texts and plays on words. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ...

He was born in Pézenas, in the Hérault department of France. A brilliant scholar, he prepared for the entrance exam to the Centrale (engineering school) and Sup-Aero at Montpellier, but was conscripted into the Youth Building Projects in 1942 and sent to Germany in 1943 for compulsory work service. He escaped the same year, and found work as a diver in La Ciotat, a suburb of Marseilles, in 1944. Pézenas is a commune of the Hérault département, in France. ... This article is about the French department. ... Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ... La Ciotat La Ciotat is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département and the Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur region in southern France. ... Marseilles redirects here. ...

In 1946, he married Colette Maclaud. They had two children, Tichy (born 1948) and Jacky (1950). 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

His first published work, Les douze chants d'un imbecile, appeared in 1951. He moved to Paris and opened a fashion and baby clothes shop, still writing and producing plays. Later, he switched to being a fitter of TV aerials and began singing. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

His fame grew when the actor Bourvil sang Lapointe's song Aragon et Castille in the 1954 film Poisson d'avril. In 1960, film director François Truffaut offered him a part in Tirez sur le Pianist where he played Framboise, accompanied by Charles Aznavour on piano. This marked the start of a career that saw Lapointe perform at major venues throughout France. His joyful character led him to build friendships with French stars Anne Sylvestre, Raymond Devos, Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens. Bourvil (July 27, 1917 - September 23, 1970), né André Bourvil, was a French actor best known for his roles in comedy most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in La Grande Vadrouille (1966). ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Charles Aznavour (Armenian: Õ‡Õ¡Õ¼Õ¬ Ô±Õ¦Õ¶Õ¡Õ¾Õ¸Ö‚Ö€; born May 22, 1924) is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. ... Raymond Devos (November 9, 1922, Mouscron, Belgium - June 15, 2006, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Yvelines, France [1]) was a French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. ... Brel on a cover of Les Adieux à lOlympia concert album (1966) Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a respected Belgian French-speaking singer-songwriter, considered by many as a poet as well, given the power of his lyrics. ... Georges Brassens (French IPA: ) (October 22, 1921 - October 29, 1981) was a French acoustic singer and songwriter. ...

Lapointe was also a mathematician, and developed the bi-bi-binary system (also known as bibi system) in 1971.

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The town of Pézenas contains a monument to Lapointe (in the Place Boby Lapointe) and several carved stone sculptures relating to the man and his songs.

Monument

Le Troubadour

List of Songs