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Hugues Aufray
Hugues Aufray in the French song Festival of Aix-en-Provence 2009
Background information
Birth name	Hugues Jean Marie Auffray
Born	(1929-08-18) 18 August 1929 (age 94) Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Website	www.huguesaufray.com

Hugues Jean Marie Auffray (French pronunciation: [yɡ ʒɑ̃ maʁi ofʁɛ]; born 18 August 1929), better known as Hugues Aufray, is a French singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Aufray is known for French language covers of Bob Dylan's songs. Aufray knew Dylan and his work from his time in New York City, ^[1] as well as from record shops, and his translations capture the rawness of the original songs.

His most famous original songs are " Santiano", "Céline", "Stewball" and "Hasta Luego".

Early life

He was born to Henry Auffray, an industrialist ^{[2] [3]} and Amyelle de Caubios d'Andiran, (1898-1992) a musician, second cousin of the French author François Mauriac (respectively by their maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother). His sister was actress Pascale Audret (1936–2000) and his niece is actress Julie Dreyfus. ^[3]

Once Aufray's parents divorced, the family left Paris for Sorèze ( Tarn - Occitania), where he was raised by his mother. During the war, in 1941-1945 he studied at the Dominican College in Sorèze ^{[4][ unreliable source] [5]}

In 1945, Aufray joined his father in Madrid, living there for three years. He attended the Lycée Français de Madrid in Madrid, and graduated with his baccalauréat. ^[6] He then returned to France to start singing in Spanish.

Musical career

He first began writing songs for French singers. After finishing second in a singing competition, ^{[7] [8]} he signed a record deal in 1959 with Eddie Barclay.

From there, he went on to co-write and arrange many songs, drawing influence from folk, blues and rock. While supporting Peter, Paul and Mary in New York in 1962, he struck up a friendship with Bob Dylan, ^[1] who would then visit him in Paris in 1964. ^[9] Aufray translated many of Dylan's songs into French: ^[10] their appearance on his 1965 album Aufray chante Dylan helped form the tastes of the new French generation. ^[1]

Aufray represented Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, performing " Dès que le printemps revient" and finishing fourth.

In 1966, he sang Les Crayons de Couleur in support of Martin Luther King Jr. at an anti-racism benefit.

In 1984, he sang a duet with Bob Dylan at a concert in Grenoble, ^[11] and performed with him in Paris as well. ^[12]

In 2022, ^[13] he received a special prize ^[14] celebrating his whole musical career, during the 63rd International Congress of the Société des Poètes et Artistes de France (Spaf), ^[15] which was organized that year in Sorèze. ^[16]

Discography

Main EPs and singles

• Le poinçonneur des Lilas; Mes petites odalisques / Y'avait Fanny (Qui chantait); Nous avions vingt ans (1959)
• La complainte de Mackie; Le jugement dernier / La flotte américaine; Nuit d'hiver (1959)
• Nuit et jour (Liebelei); Trois hommes / San Miguel; Madeleine (1961)
• Tucumcari; Ses baisers me grisaient / La femme du Liberia; Monsieur le soleil (1961)
• Santiano; Notre rivière / Georgia; Mille rayons (1961)
• J'entends siffler le train; Les deux frères / Loin de toi; L'enfant do (1962)
• Je reviens (Les portes de Saint-Malo); Là-haut / C'est pas la peine; Oui tu verras (1963)
• Tout le long du chemin (Singing the Blues); 4 vents (Four Stong Winds) / N'y pense plus (Don't Think Twice, It's All Right); Allez allez mon troupeau (Ally, Ally Exen Free) (1964)
• À bientôt nous deux; Le bonheur n'est-il pas fait pour moi ? / Guidez mes pas; Dès que le printemps revient (1964)
• Debout les gars; Nous avions beaucoup dansé / Pends-moi; Ja-da (1964)
• Le rossignol anglais; Personne ne sait / Le coeur gros; Tu sens bon la terre (1965)
• Dou-wakadou; On est les rois (King of the Road) / Les remords et les regrets; Bambou (1965)
• L'homme-orchestre; Je croyais / Laisse-moi petite fille; Les yeux fermés (1965)
• L'épervier / Le joueur de pipeau (1966)
• Les crayons de couleur / Les tourterelles (1966)
• Céline; Les mercenaires / Stewball; Le bon Dieu s'ennuyait (1966)
• De velours noir; C'est tout bon / Petit frère; Près du coeur les blessures (1967)
• Je n'en reviens pas; Chloé / Voilà mes conditions; Vidita (1967)
• Des jonquilles aux derniers lilas; L'infidèle / Le château du hibou; Au clocher de Rouen (1968)
• La nuit est belle; Le port de Tacoma / Le petit âne gris; Chanson de la mariée (1968)
• Un mur, un ruisseau, un jardin et des fleurs; Un marin c'est bien / Je ne suis plus maître chez moi; Pauvre Benoît (1969)
• Vous ma lady / Adieu (1972)
• Ton premier chagrin d'amour / Jolie Fanny (1974)
• Cauchemar locomoteur / Le moral à zéro (1975)
• C'est plus fort que moi, j'y crois (part 1) / C'est plus fort que moi, j'y crois (part 2) (1976)
• Dernières vacances / Ballade entre chien et loup (1977)
• Émilie Émilia / Loin vers Mexico (1979)
• Bye bye Moorea Tahiti / Ma soeur la pauvresse (1983)
• Dieu que c'est dur d'être modeste / Y'a toujours un train (1984)
• Petit homme / L'enfant sauvage (1984)

LPs and CDs

DVDs

• Au Casino de Paris (1977)
• Route 91, Olympia (1991)
• Hugues Aufray, plus live que jamais ! (2005)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hugues Aufray.

• Official site (in French)
• Biography of Hugues Aufray, from Radio France Internationale (in English)
• Ancestry of Hugues Aufray