Henri Salvador (born July 18, 1917) is a French singer. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of a native Indian from the Caribbean, were both from Guadeloupe, France. Born in Cayenne, French Guiana, his musical career began as a guitarist accompanying other singers. He had learned the guitar by imitating Django Reinhardt's recordings, and was to work alongside him in the 1940s. Salvador recorded several songs written with Boris Vian with Quincy Jones as arranger. He is known to have recorded the first French Rock'n Roll in 1956 written by Boris Vian and Michel Legrand. In the sixties Salvador was the host of several popular television variety shows on French TV. In 1964 he scored a hit with "Zorro est arrivé" (which was inspired by The Coasters' U.S. hit "Along Came Jones"). He is also famous for his rich, catchy laugh, which is a subject in many of his humorous songs. Henri

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