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Henri Fursy
Person · male · France · 3rd arrondissement of Paris · born 1866 · died 1929
French signer (1866–1929)
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1860s
1920s
Biography
English biography159 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1340954194
Biography
Henri Fursy or Furcy (real name Henri Dreyfus, 26 February 1866 - 14 April 1929) was a French cabaret singer, director and lyricist.
Life
Henri Dreyfus was born on 26 February 1866 in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
Under the stage name of Henri Fursy, he was a chansonnier, a singer of humorous songs, in Montmartre.
He also directed several cabarets as a manager or owner, including the famous Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat),
which he bought after the death of Rodolphe Salis and renamed La Boîte à Fursy (The Fursy Box).
He also wrote songs for several Parisian artists of the early 20th century.
Henri Fursy was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1927.
He died in Nice on 14 April 1929.
Albert Michaud published a tribute after his death in Le Cornet (The Horn) where he says Fursy left a young widow and an adopted girl.
He is buried in the cemetery of Montparnasse.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Henri Fursy head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Knight of the Legion of Honour | won | |
| — | officier d'académie | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_de_Henri_Fursy_%281866-1929%29_par_Edouard_Stebbing_Photographe_%2818..-1915%29..jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3131138seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fursybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fursy
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Édouard Stebbing · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3131138 · MusicBrainz: 0c0791d1-0f10-46e4-a405-3d7b4929fa19
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