Son of filmmaker Jules Dassin, Joseph
Dassin played supporting roles in some movies in the first half of the
60's (two of them were directed by his father:
Wo der heiße Wind weht (1959) and
Topkapi (1964)), but to people in France
and Québec, he is better known as pop singer Joe Dassin. He recorded
his first song "Bip-Bip" (pronounce "Beep-Beep")in 1965, but became
successful in 1968 with "Les Dalton"; from then, he recorded hit after
hit until his death. He got married by 1977 and had two sons, but a few
months prior to his death, Joe divorced.
