Les Variations
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Les Variations was a French rock band from the late 1960s to mid-1970s, that sang mostly in English and was known for its rock guitar-based music.[1] Its three members were born in Morocco and were of Jewish origin. They were France's first band to headline the famed Olympia Theatre, the first to tour America, the first to sign with a US label and the first to achieve hit records in America. On their last two albums, Moroccan Roll (1974) and Cafe de Paris (1975), their compositions, arrangements and lyrics contained sounds and stories of North African and Jewish Sephardic culture as well as the Hebrew songs of the band members’ youth growing up in North Africa. With this sound, they introduced a new rock fusion which is now referred to as Moroccanroll music, which is played throughout North Africa and has influenced many western rock bands over the decades that followed.[2]
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Les Variations | |
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Also known as | Variations |
Origin | France |
Genres | Rock and roll Hard rock Rhythm and blues Blues Middle Eastern |
Years active | 1966–1975 |
Labels | Magic, EMI/Pathé Records, Buddah |
Members | Robert Fitoussi “Petit Pois” Grande Isaac “Jacky” Bitton Jim Morris Maurice Meimoun |
Past members | Joe Leb Michel Chevalier Carl Storie Albritton McClain Marc Tobaly |