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Jo Marcel
12+ albums
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about
Jo Marcel was born in 1938 in Hanoi under his birth name, Vũ Ngọc Tòng. As a child, he attended École Puginier, and in 1954, he migrated to the South, continuing his studies at Taberd School. In the early 1960s, he began singing with a band led by a French conductor at the La Galère restaurant in the Caravelle Hotel under the stage name Ngọc Minh. In 1967, he co-founded the nightclub Chez Jo Marcel and changed his stage name to Jo Marcel. Before that, he had already been performing international music alongside singer Như An at the Baccara nightclub and was emerging as a phenomenon in the urban pop music scene. In 1969, Jo Marcel sold all his shares in Chez Jo Marcel to musician Phạm Đình Chương, who then renamed it Đêm Màu Hồng (Pink Night). Around this time, Jo Marcel invested in two other nightclubs, Ritz and Queen Bee. At Queen Bee, he organized highly successful Jo Marcel music nights that garnered significant media attention. Although he was renowned for his smooth yet powerful baritone voice—both captivating and versatile—performing French songs such as Et Maintenant, Les Neiges Du Kilimandjaro, Fais la Rire, Capri C'est Fini, Merci Chérie, as well as Vietnamese songs like Ai Về Sông Tương, Mộng Dưới Hoa, Xin Mặt Trời Ngủ Yên, Jo Marcel did not have a major influence as a singer. As a result, he shifted towards organizing grand music shows at various prominent nightclubs like Queen Bee, Ritz, Ma Cabane, and Key Hole. At the same time, he took on roles as a concert
