I haven’t devoted song to a particular woman: Aznavour

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS: Charles Aznavour, whose 89th anniversary was celebrated this year, confessed that he had not ever devoted a song to only one particular woman. His songs address to the entire beautiful half of the humanity, as reported by Armenpress.

There is not any song in his collection of more than 1000 songs, which is devoted to only one woman. “When I write a song about love, it is addressed to every woman on the planet. I have been married for already 47 years and I have not composed a song devoted to my wife”, - said Charles Aznavour at the press conference held in the framework of the 9th Eurasia International Cinema Festival in Almaty.

The chansonnier stated that notwithstanding his age, he travels a lot, as he likes to “see the new” and the meetings with different people enrich him.

The Armenian chansonnier, singer, composer, film actor and social activist Charles Aznavour (Shahan Vaghinak Aznavouryan) was born in Paris in 1924 to a family of Armenian migrants Mikayel and Knar Aznavouryans. As a young man he was fond of theatre, but in 1940s he started to give performances in cabaret with Pierre Roche.

Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world. Aznavour is known for his unique tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. He has appeared in more than sixty movies, composed about a thousand songs (including at least 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German), and sold well over 100 million records.

Artists who have recorded his songs and collaborated with Aznavour include Édith Piaf, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra (Aznavour was one of the rare European singers invited to duet with him), Andrea Bocelli, Bing Crosby, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan (he named Aznavour among the greatest live performers he's ever seen), Liza Minnelli, Elton John, Dalida, Serge Gainsbourg, Josh Groban, Petula Clark, Shirley Bassey, José Carreras, Laura Pausini, Nana Mouskouri and Julio Iglesias. Fellow French pop legend Mireille Mathieu has sung and recorded with Aznavour on numerous occasions.

In 1974, Jack Jones recorded an entire album of Aznavour compositions entitled "Write Me A Love Song, Charlie", re-released on CD in 2006. Aznavour and Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sang Gounod's aria Ave Maria together. He performed with famed Russian cellist and friend Mstislav Rostropovich to inaugurate the French presidency of the European Union in 1995.