Comedian Gad Elmaleh. - Paul Zimmerman / Variety / REX / Shutterstock / SIPA

He's everywhere, on stage, in theaters and even on Netflix, but you'd be picking up a bit of Gad Elmaleh. No ? Too late. The comedian is indeed embarking on a career as a singer with an album of covers by Claude Nougaro. As the story of La Dépêche du Midi , Gad Elmaleh was on Monday evening on the stage of the Maison Nougaro barge in Toulouse and performed six of the twelve tracks that will make up the album Dansez sur moi , scheduled for November 20. A first song, Armstrong , will be released on September 14.

#GadElmaleh sings Claude Nougaro in #Toulouse, the 1st single "Armstrong" will be released on September 4 before an album available on November 20 pic.twitter.com/qooZebDUgN

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"This album is not a tribute, it is a declaration of love for Claude Nougaro," commented Gad Elmaleh, who discovered the singer at the age of six. I lived in Casablanca and my uncle had a record player. I heard Armstrong one day , it was an eye opener. "

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