French, Gary

Artist/Band/Group Birthday :

26/08/1939(Age 85)

He had just turned 21 when he went on stage with La Flèche D’or D’Haiti in 1960. Former member of the Latin Orchestra, with Napoleon and Eddy Prophet, he attempted a new adventure with Wébert Sicot. From 1960 to 1965, Gary became the second singer of the Cadence Rampa. For five long years, he performed in the shadow of André Dorismond impatiently awaiting his breakthrough.

In 1965 he said goodbye to the Flièche D’or and its suite and emigrated to the French Antilles where he stayed there for three years. Arrived in the French West Indies, he clung to the group Tropicana A La Bananeraie that Michel Desgrottes managed at that time. Let us remember for the edification of our readers that this musical group had for singers Joe Laveaux, Louis Lahens, Émile Volel and Gary, the new singer. When Gary Frenchto the other musicians, Féfé Guignard acted as pianist and Raymond Sicot, Fritz Pierre, Kesner Hall played the trumpets. With Tropicana A La bananeraie, Gary has printed 8 discs, three of which are 45 rpm. In 1968, before leaving the French West Indies, he met André Dorismond and together with Raymond Sicot who directed his new musical group Volcan, they stamped two 45 rpm records. Until after this merger, Gary left the French West Indies to join a former tenor of the Cadence Rampa Jean Thomas Donnay and other musicians of the group Tropical Quintet. This group only burned a disc with Gary because these musicians joined Pépé Bayard to produce a disc which they titled ‘Pépé Bayard On Tour In Haiti’. In this disc, Gary shone brightly and went from shadow to dawn. In addition, this disc was a resounding success everywhere, so much so that ‘Bang Bang ”one of the songs printed on the album became the entry music for the Volleyball team of Saint Louis De Gonzague at Saint Pierre College of Port-au-Prince. From this gentle melee, Tropical Quintet became Tropical Sextet in 1969 and in a new style the group widens its sphere of action, its sphere of activity.

Composed of Jean Donnay, Gary French, Emmanuel Mathieu, Carlos Ramirez, Michel Corvington, Pat Coby, this group put on the market four LP 33 laps, from 1969 to 1971. From these four sound recordings, we could smell four compositions of Gary. so that ‘Bang Bang’ one of the songs printed on the album became the entry music for the Saint Louis De Gonzague Volleyball team at the Saint Pierre College in Port-au-Prince. From this gentle melee, Tropical Quintet became Tropical Sextet in 1969 and in a new style the group widens its sphere of action, its sphere of activity. Composed of Jean Donnay, Gary French, Émmanuel Mathieu, Carlos Ramirez, Michel Corvington, Pat Coby, this group put on the market four LP 33 laps, from 1969 to 1971. From these four sound recordings, we could smell four compositions of Gary. so that ‘Bang Bang’ one of the songs printed on the album became the entry music for the Saint Louis De Gonzague Volleyball team at the Saint Pierre College in Port-au-Prince. From this gentle blend, Tropical Quintet became Tropical Sextet in 1969 and in a new style the group widens its sphere of action, its sphere of activity. Composed of Jean Donnay, Gary French, Emmanuel Mathieu, Carlos Ramirez, Michel Corvington, Pat Coby, this group put on the market four LP 33 laps, from 1969 to 1971. From these four sound recordings, we could smell four compositions of Gary. Tropical Quintet became Tropical Sextet in 1969 and in a new style the group widens its sphere of action, its sphere of activity. Composed of Jean Donnay, Gary French, Emmanuel Mathieu, Carlos Ramirez, Michel Corvington, Pat Coby, this group put on the market four LP 33 laps, from 1969 to 1971. From these four sound recordings, we could smell four compositions of Gary. Tropical Quintet became Tropical Sextet in 1969 and in a new style the group widens its sphere of action, its sphere of activity. Composed of Jean Donnay, Gary French, Emmanuel Mathieu, Carlos Ramirez, Michel Corvington, Pat Coby, this group put on the market four LP 33 laps, from 1969 to 1971. From these four sound recordings, we could smell four compositions of Gary.

Gary is an affable, polite, respectful, somewhat discreet artist; he doesn’t say too much. You can read hidden smiles on his face. Since his breakthrough with Pépé Bayard, he managed to stay at the top of his game; his celebrity is only expanding. Her choices of songs are extremely varied, they range from Fok Nan Pwen Poun Pa jwen, Paulette, La Femme De Mes Rêves, Sabor a mi, Eres Sensacional, Natalie, Si Je T’ai De La Peine à My Way, New York New York. His last two performances have become his favorite songs. He had a first ovation on September 26, 1999 during the celebration of the life of Guy Durosier at Brooklyn College by Mapou Productions by Jean Jean Pierre. He was applauded again at Carnegie Hall by a multicultural audience on December 29, 2001, after his rendition from New York New York, when Mapou Productions and his friends honored the victims of 911 and their families on behalf of the Haitian community. Attracted from a young age by the song, it is likely that he received certain notions of song from the immortal Joe Touillot. In collaboration with Jean Donnay, he composed ‘My Girl and On Va Danser’ in 1968. In 1971 he wrote two other songs. They are: Au Bonheur Retrouvé and The Only One I Love Marika. The fine arts have lost a little of their exuberance, we no longer hear Gary on the waves of New York and even in Haiti, according to some observations. We no longer see him on stage; what a pity! it is likely that he received certain notions of song from the immortal Joe Touillot. In collaboration with Jean Donnay, he composed ‘My Girl and On Va Danser’ in 1968. In 1971 he wrote two other songs. They are: Au Bonheur Retrouvé and The Only One I Love Marika The fine arts have lost a bit of their exuberance, Gary can no longer be heard on New York and even in Haiti, according to some observations. We no longer see him on stage; what a pity! it is likely that he received certain notions of song from the immortal Joe Touillot. In collaboration with Jean Donnay, he composed ‘My Girl and On Va Danser’ in 1968. In 1971 he wrote two other songs. They are: Au Bonheur Retrouvé and The Only One I Love Marika.

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