{"id":52179,"date":"2018-03-13T14:28:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T13:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iemj.org\/messia-danielle-1956-1985\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:25:03","slug":"messia-danielle-1956-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iemj.org\/en\/messia-danielle-1956-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Messia, Danielle (1956-1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Danielle Messia, born Mashiah, on the October 27, 1956 in Tel Aviv-Jaffa in Israel, was an author, composer and singer.<\/p>\n

She was 3 years old when her parents settled down in France in the Paris district in 1958. Danielle was raised with her sister C\u00e9cile. Her father left for the USA in 1960, without leaving any address.<\/p>\n

In the beginning of the 1970\u2019s, she joined the folk band \u00ab Grattons Labeur \u00bb which toured in the Orl\u00e9ans region and in several caf\u00e9s-cabarets of Bretagne with G\u00e9rard Blanchard. At the same time Danielle took time history classes in the university. The band released a disc in 1970,\u00a0Le Bal des sorciers<\/em>, published by the music label Morice B\u00e9nin, ABA.<\/p>\n

She then started a solo career and left with her guitar to discover Austria, Romania and Italy.<\/p>\n

\"doc_messia_2_500px.jpg\"Back in Paris at the end of 1978, she lived in rue de Paradis in a small chambre de bonne. She sang in the streets, in the subway, and in the youth and culture homes.
She got hired at the end of 1978, at the \u00c9cume for the end of year celebrations, where she made an important meeting, with\u00a0Eddy Schaff\u00a0who worked with her on her voice, to record a disc. She later said \u00ab He taught me to sing, […] gave me confidence in myself \u00bb.<\/p>\n

Jean Lavigne\u00a0recorded her first disc, of which 1000 copies were released, but never broadcast. She then invited 200 show-business figures, but only two journalists came,\u00a0Jacques Vassal\u00a0and\u00a0Maurice Marouani, who talked about her to Barclay music label.<\/p>\n

Her first disc\u00a0Il fait soleil<\/em>\u00a0was released in 1981. Her second album\u00a0De la main gauche<\/em>\u00a0was released the next year, and on the same year, she joined her sister who lived in California. In October 1982, she performed in the Olympia concert hall as part of the \u00ab Olympiades de la chanson \u00bb.
In 1984, she left Barclay and signed with Wea for a third album, called\u00a0Carnaval<\/em>\u00a0which was released in 1985. She participated to the Printemps de Bourges festival and the \u00c9quinoxe festival in Bretagne.<\/p>\n

She passed away on June 13, 1985, of cancer.<\/p>\n

One year later, her friends, G\u00e9rard Classe and Georges Nawrocki decided to release the souvenir album\u00a0Les Mots<\/em>\u00a0with songs taken from the 1979 album which was never released, and from studio demos. This album received the award of the Acad\u00e9mie Charles Cros \u00ab in Memoriam \u00bb.<\/p>\n

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Danielle Messia marked the 1980\u2019s with witness-songs\u00a0(Grand-m\u00e8re ghetto)<\/em>, premonitary songs\u00a0(Le Paradis des musiciens)<\/em>, intimate pictures\u00a0(De la main gauche)<\/em>\u2026 This carreer was accompanied by Eddy Schaaf, a musician that we heard along with Allain Leprest or Jacques Yvart.<\/p>\n

Jean-Jacques Goldman\u00a0dedicated to her his song\u00a0Famille<\/em>, and he also wrote for her the music of the song\u00a0Le temps des enfants<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong>
– https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danielle_Messia<\/a>
– http:\/\/lesmotsdedaniellemessia.overblog.com\/<\/a>
– http:\/\/anitta59.blogspot.fr\/2005\/12\/elle-sappelait-danielle-messia.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Browse her discography<\/a><\/p>\n

Consult our archives about Danielle Messia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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