Félix Gray made his mark with his hit “La Gitane”. What is happening to the singer, who turns 68 on June 28, 2024?
At the Café des Délices, To all the girls, Die for her...: we owe a lot of hits to Félix Gray! Singer-songwriter, this artist born in 1958 in Tunisia and who is now celebrating his 68th birthday, is a monument of French song. His real name Félix Boutboul, he is also at the origin of two musical comedies which are Don Juan et Scheherazade: The Thousand and One Nights. Now happily married and father of two children, Félix Gray is more discreet. What is its news?
What does Felix Gray become?
Unforgettable hits
Remember, in 1987, Félix Gray and Didier Barbelivien sang Gypsy. A heady hit with Andalusian sounds which made it into the famous Top 50 and left its mark… just like its music video! Kitsch as can be, we find the two singers playing their charms to seduce a few young ladies. At the time, the video was the subject of a parody by the comic trio Les Inconnus, as recalled Tele-Leisure. A second consecration for this song written by four hands which will remain engraved in the annals!
In 1992, the duo did it again with A toutes les filles. But contrary to what one might think, success was not immediate. “At the start, we were thrown out of all the radio stations. But that’s the prerogative of songs that will make France sing. In general, if you want to be sure of having a hit, it’s when you’re thrown out by the media: ‘It’s not enough though, that’s not enough, that’s not what we expected of him, even though it’s a bit easy to try to make some’. popular songs, you’ll see if it’s easy. And Félix and I are so close that it makes us laugh that there are television shows to promote our song and please people. could have been an absolute bidebut we made the effort to buy tuxedos to play Jean-Pierre Cassel and Sacha Distel in the great years”remembered Didier Barbevilien for -.
A lull?
These are not the only big victories on the counter. Indeed, Felix Gray has written two great songs for well-known artists. First of all, he wrote Should I leave for David Charvet, a real phenomenon in the 1990s-2000s, before giving At the café des delices to Patrick Bruel. Félix Gray then focused on the creation of two musical comedies that he put together in Montreal: Don Juan in 2004 and Scheherazade: The Thousand and One Nightswhich was performed on the stage of the Folies Bergère in December 2011.
Today, we don’t hear much about Félix Gray, but that doesn’t mean that the artist has retired! It must be said that this singer’s style may have gone out of fashion a bit. In any case, he has chosen not to sing or release albums anymore. But maybe he continues to write for his friends the stars, who knows?
Who is Felix Gray’s wife?
A fulfilled man
On August 18, 2016, Félix Gray said “yes” to Angela Katharina at Ramatuelle town hall. Although we know little about the pretty young woman, we know that the ceremony was festive and simple. The singer invited an audience of stars including his great friend Patrick Bruel, Robert Mimran, Claude Barzotti (died in June 2023), the fashion designer Daniel Hechter, the businessman Jean-Claude Darmon, Cédric Antony, Hervé Taïeb , the king of the fairgrounds Marcel Campion or the actor Samy Naceri accompanied by his wife Marie de Fleurieu. Everyone was dressed very casually and the husband arrived with a group of gypsy musicians much to the surprise of his bride, as the photos taken that day reveal.
Félix Gray, head of a happy blended family
Since then, the couple have welcomed two children: André, born in 2011 and Sergueï, born in 2013. For his part, Félix Gray is already the happy father of a grown-up daughter from a previous relationship. His eldest daughter Marie-Charlotte is 27 years old.
