Moustache

FrançoisAlexandre Galepides known by the stage name Moustache was a French actor and jazz drummer of Greek descent He was born 14 February 1929 in Paris and died 25 March 1987 in Arpajon in a car accident In 1948 he joined Lorient the orchestra of Claude Luter as a drummer playing in clubs of SaintGermaindesPrés He also regularly accompanied Sidney Bechet in France From 1950 he led his own bands Les sept complices and Les gros minets With the group Moustache et ses Moustachus from 1956 he recorded as a drummer and singer several rocknroll novelty songs eg Le CroqueSkullCreux on a text by Boris Vian In 1978 he formed the group Les petits Français including Marcel Zanini Michel Attenoux and François Guin which recorded among other things jazz pieces by Georges Brassens In parallel Moustache had a career as a restaurateur the restaurant Moustache Avenue Duquesne Paris head of clubs in the 1960s The Bilboquet and in 1976 The Jazz Club at the Hotel Méridien Etoile comic and actor He was a member of the Star Racing Team in motor racing with other celebrities of the 1980s such actors JeanLouis Trintignant and Guy Marchand Source Article Moustache actor from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30