Johnny Hess
Swiss pianist and singer Johnny Hess is best known for the Charles & Johnny duo
he formed with Charles Trenet, and for the name "zazou" in some of his songs.
Born in Engelberg, Canton Obwalden, on December 31, 1915, he grew up in
Levallois, France, where his parents settled in 1920, and studied at the École
supérieure de commerce de Paris. Classically trained, he began playing the piano
in cabarets in 1931, and the following year met Charles Trenet at the College
Inn jazz club in Montparnasse. Their friendship soon blossomed into an artistic
duo, named Charles & Johnny, who encha...
LE PETIT NOELCharles Trenet and Johnny Hess
ILS SONT ZAZOUS!Johnny Hess
COLOMBEJohnny Hess
SUR LE YANG-TSE-KIANGCharles Trenet and Johnny Hess
SUR LE YANG-TSE-KIANGCharles Trenet and Johnny Hess
SOUS LE LIT DE LILYCharles Trenet and Johnny Hess
LE PETIT NOELCharles Trenet and Johnny Hess
Sur Le Yang Tsé Kiang
ILS SONT ZAZOUS!Johnny Hess
Du Caf' Conc' au Music Hall Vol. 31
COLOMBEJohnny Hess
Du Caf' Conc' au Music Hall Vol. 31
SUR LE YANG-TSE-KIANGCharles Trenet and Johnny Hess
Le Fiancé
SUR LE YANG-TSE-KIANGCharles Trenet and Johnny Hess
Sur Le Yang Tsé Kiang
SOUS LE LIT DE LILYCharles Trenet and Johnny Hess
Sur Le Yang Tsé Kiang
