Stock Photo - Jan. 01, 1978 - France - JOE DASSIN, left, with his father, a film director, JULES DASSIN. Joseph Ira Dassin (November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980), more commonly known as Joe Dassin, was an American singer-songwriter. Joe was born in New York City to American film noir director Jules Dassin and Beatrice Launer, a Hungarian virtuoso violinist. He began his childhood first in New York City and Los Angeles. However, after his father became a victim of McCarthyism, he and his family moved from place to place across Europe.(Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)