Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938 in Algeria), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is a French singer, songwriter and musician of Algerian Jewish descent.
Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Jewish family in Constantine, Algeria. His father, Sylvain Ghrenassia (1914–2004), was a violinist in an orchestra that played primarily malouf, Andalusian classical music. Gaston played the guitar from childhood, and started playing with the Cheikh Raymond Leyris Orchestra at age 15.
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