Gérard La Viny

20th century French singer and songwriter

guitar
voice
violin
banjo

Musical artist

Gérard Marie Anicet Labiny (17 April 1933 – 6 October 2009), known professionally as Gérard La Viny, was a French singer-songwriter and musician.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Gérard La Viny was born Gérard Marie Anicet Labiny in Basse-Terre, a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe.^[3]

He lost his father Roger Emile Labiny in June 1962, in the Air France Flight 117 crash. ^[4]

La Viny died in 2009 in Paris and rests at the Montmartre Cemetery.^[5]

Songs

One of La Viny's songs, entitled Albert Bernard Bongo, c'est le président qu’il nous faut, is sung during Gabon's presidential elections. ^[6]^[7]

In 1960, he released a record containing, in French, four songs from the film Black Orpheus.^[8]

Following the death of his father, in 1962, he recorded a biguine Volé Boeing-la in tribute to the victims of the crash. ^[9]

Distinctions

Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2004)^[10]

References

^ "Gérard Laviny". Musicianbio. August 2, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^ "Gérard La Viny". Musicstack. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^ "LABINY Gerard Marie Anicet". Fichier des personnes décédées (in French). Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^ "Volé Volé Volé Boeing La ! Tombé Tombé Tombé Boeing La !". Guadeloupe Attitudes Wordpress (in French). June 21, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^ "Les obsèques musicales de Gérard La Viny !". Martinique France Antilles (in French). October 14, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
^ Albert-Bernard Bongo – C'est Le Président Qu'il Nous Faut at Discogs
^ Eli Berman (August 11, 2017). "Independent Africa: Sounds of Hope and Frustration". Afropop. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^ 4 Chansons Du Film "Orfeu Negro" at Discogs
^ "Alain Jean-Marie : Begin the Biguine" (in French). Jazz Hot. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^ "Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres juillet 2004". Ministère de la Culture (in French). Retrieved November 25, 2023.