Tréma was a record and video label founded in 1969 by Jacques Revaux and Régis Talar. The word ''tréma'' was an acronym for ''Talar Revaux Éditions Musicales Associées''.

History

Tréma was initially created to publish the recordings of

Michel Sardou Michel Charles Sardou (; born 26 January 1947) is a French singer and occasional actor. He is known not only for his love songs ("La maladie d'amour", "Je vais t'aimer"), but also for songs dealing with various social and political issues, su ...

, whose parents used to buy meat from the parents of Jacques Revaux, but various other artists also joined it, such as

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, Richard Anthony,

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( ; ; ; born Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavourian; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a Armenians in France, French singer and songwriter of Armenian descent. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringi ...

, Pierre Billon, Carlos, Dani,

Jean-Jacques Debout Jean-Jacques Debout (born 9 March 1940, in Paris) is a French singer-songwriter. In addition to his albums, he has written for a number of renowned artists like Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, Dalida, and Chantal Goya. He has also composed a gr ...

, Michel Delpech,

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, Frédéric François, Michel Fugain, Pierre Groscolas, Michel Kricorian, Catherine Lara,

Enrico Macias Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is a French singer, songwriter and musician. Early years Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Jews, Sephardic Jewish family. His father, Sylvain Ghrenassia ...

Didier Marouani Didier "Ecama" Marouani (born 14 July 1953) is a French composer and musician born in Monaco. Biography Didier started his career as a pop singer and made his first single, "Je suis ton chevalier" (''I am your knight'') with Etienne Roda-Gil ...

, K-Reen, Matmatah, Alexandra Roos, Patrick Topaloff,

Serge Reggiani Serge Reggiani (born Sergio Reggiani; 2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-French actor and singer. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. After studying acting at the Conservato ...

, and

Hervé Vilard Hervé Vilard (born René Vilard; 24 July 1946 in Paris, France) is a French pop singer, who first became famous in the 1960s. His first single " Capri c'est fini" became an international hit in 1965 and rendered him instantaneously famous. The ...

. Liz Mitchell (lead singer of

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) also has 3 singles and an album issued by the company in the late 80s, ''No one will force you'' (album) and "Get on up and dance" (promo 12inch single), "Marinero" (12'inch single promo) & Single Marinero b/w "Times is a river". Michel Sardou, by himself, made up 80% of the sales of the label. The label was bought by Universal Music France in 2004.Universal Music Buys Trema
Feb. 16, 2004, billboardbiz.

References

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