A comedic pop band whose slapstick humor was heavily inspired by the Marx
Brothers, Les Charlots formed in 1965 in Paris, France. The band's original
members — Gérard Rinaldi, Jean Sarrus, Gérard Filippelli, Luis Rego, and
Jean-Guy Fechner — first performed together as "Les Problèmes," a backup band
for the French singer Antoine. Although they appeared as sidemen on his debut
album, Antoine Rencontre Les Problèmes, in 1966, things changed once the band
scored a surprise hit with a parody of Antoine's "Je Dis ce que je pense, je vis
comme je veux." Les Problèmes promptly rechriste...