Morice Benin
Born Moïse Ben-Haïm in Casablanca on July 21, 1947, his name was changed to
Maurice Gilbert Benaïm when his parents arrived in France after the Second World
War. In 1969, the singer-songwriter began his musical career as Maurice Benin.
While he liked to cultivate identities, the musician also played with words in
the songs on his first albums Peut-Être (1972), Je Vis (1973), Il Faudrait
Toujours Pénétrer les Gens (1974) and a new version of Peut-Être in 1975, in
which a hint of ecological militancy mingles with biting irony. In 1976, he
adopted the stage name Môrice Benin for sub...
