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Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier
Maritie (12 December 1922 – 23 November 2002) and Gilbert (20 March 1920 – 18 September 2000) Carpentier, a married couple, were artistic producers of popular variety TV and radio shows in France and many French-speaking countries from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Gilbert Carpentier, born in 1920, was the grandson of the French inventor Jules Carpentier (manufacturer, with the Lumière brothers, of the first cinématographe device) and the French acoustician Gustave Lyon. An alumnus of the Conservatoire de Paris music school, he was a pianist, organist, and composer.[citation needed]
Just after World War II, Gilbert Carpentier started working at the French radio station Radio-Luxembourg (which later became RTL) as an organ player, then as a radio technician. From 1946, he began composing musical illustrations, and with the help of his wife Maritie, who wrote the texts, they started producing radio soaps. From the 1950s, Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier directed six popular radio shows on Radio-Luxembourg: "L’heure musicale", "Le Club des Vedettes" (presented by Maurice Biraud), "Musique à la Clay" (presented by Philippe Clay), "Les contes de l’aigle", "L’heure exquise" (presented by Anne-Marie Carrière), and "Le miroir aux Étoiles", hosted every Sunday by a different artist.[citation needed]
In 1957, they created a series of Babar records for children. Maritie Carpentier adapted the writings of Jean de Brunhoff, while Gilbert Carpentier composed the music. These records were awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in 1957 by the Académie Charles Cros, the French equivalent of the U.S. Recording Academy.[citation needed]
Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier are best known for being pioneers of variety TV shows in France. From 1960, following a proposal from the French public TV channel ORTF, they began working in television. They first created numerous live TV shows with their friends Roger Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault, broadcast on the ORTF. Later, other artists joined, including Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Jacqueline Maillan, and Jean-Claude Brialy.
In 1965, they asked Serge Gainsbourg to write a song to represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest. Gainsbourg wrote Poupée de cire, poupée de son for the young French singer France Gall. The song won the contest and quickly became a global hit.
Until the 1980s, and especially in the 1970s, they created and directed several variety TV shows in France, contributing to the popularity of many French artists in French-speaking countries, including Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud, Jane Birkin, Georges Brassens, Petula Clark, Dalida, Joe Dassin, Sacha Distel, Jacques Dutronc, Claude François, Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall, Chantal Goya, Johnny Hallyday, Serge Lama, Thierry Le Luron, Mireille Mathieu, Eddy Mitchell, Nana Mouskouri, Michel Sardou, Sheila, Alain Souchon, and Sylvie Vartan, among others.
Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier's TV shows were distinctive for their unexpected artist duets, as well as actors singing and singers acting. Each episode featured newly designed sets and scripted segments, adding to the show's originality. Their shows were often broadcast live and did not include promotional content from artists.
Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier
Maritie (12 December 1922 – 23 November 2002) and Gilbert (20 March 1920 – 18 September 2000) Carpentier, a married couple, were artistic producers of popular variety TV and radio shows in France and many French-speaking countries from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Gilbert Carpentier, born in 1920, was the grandson of the French inventor Jules Carpentier (manufacturer, with the Lumière brothers, of the first cinématographe device) and the French acoustician Gustave Lyon. An alumnus of the Conservatoire de Paris music school, he was a pianist, organist, and composer.[citation needed]
Just after World War II, Gilbert Carpentier started working at the French radio station Radio-Luxembourg (which later became RTL) as an organ player, then as a radio technician. From 1946, he began composing musical illustrations, and with the help of his wife Maritie, who wrote the texts, they started producing radio soaps. From the 1950s, Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier directed six popular radio shows on Radio-Luxembourg: "L’heure musicale", "Le Club des Vedettes" (presented by Maurice Biraud), "Musique à la Clay" (presented by Philippe Clay), "Les contes de l’aigle", "L’heure exquise" (presented by Anne-Marie Carrière), and "Le miroir aux Étoiles", hosted every Sunday by a different artist.[citation needed]
In 1957, they created a series of Babar records for children. Maritie Carpentier adapted the writings of Jean de Brunhoff, while Gilbert Carpentier composed the music. These records were awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in 1957 by the Académie Charles Cros, the French equivalent of the U.S. Recording Academy.[citation needed]
Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier are best known for being pioneers of variety TV shows in France. From 1960, following a proposal from the French public TV channel ORTF, they began working in television. They first created numerous live TV shows with their friends Roger Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault, broadcast on the ORTF. Later, other artists joined, including Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Jacqueline Maillan, and Jean-Claude Brialy.
In 1965, they asked Serge Gainsbourg to write a song to represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest. Gainsbourg wrote Poupée de cire, poupée de son for the young French singer France Gall. The song won the contest and quickly became a global hit.
Until the 1980s, and especially in the 1970s, they created and directed several variety TV shows in France, contributing to the popularity of many French artists in French-speaking countries, including Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bécaud, Jane Birkin, Georges Brassens, Petula Clark, Dalida, Joe Dassin, Sacha Distel, Jacques Dutronc, Claude François, Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall, Chantal Goya, Johnny Hallyday, Serge Lama, Thierry Le Luron, Mireille Mathieu, Eddy Mitchell, Nana Mouskouri, Michel Sardou, Sheila, Alain Souchon, and Sylvie Vartan, among others.
Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier's TV shows were distinctive for their unexpected artist duets, as well as actors singing and singers acting. Each episode featured newly designed sets and scripted segments, adding to the show's originality. Their shows were often broadcast live and did not include promotional content from artists.