Son of filmmaker Jules Dassin, Joseph Dassin played supporting roles in some movies in the first half of the 60's (two of them were directed by his father: La legge (1959) and Topkapi (1964)), but to people in France and Québec, he is better known as pop singer Joe Dassin. He recorded his first song "Bip-Bip" (pronounce "Beep-Beep")in 1965, but became successful in 1968 with "Les Dalton"; from then, he recorded hit after hit until his death. He got married by 1977 and had two sons, but a few months prior to his death, Joe divorced.