Léon de Bercy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Léon de Bercy

French chansonnier

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1857

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1915

Profession: songwriter, lyricist, chansonnier

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Léon de Bercy, called Léon Drouin de Bercy or Léon Hiks (10 December 1857 in Paris – 31 July 1915 in Orléans, aged 57) was a French chansonnier. A member of the literary club Les Hydropathes, he authored the reference book Montmartre et ses chansons : Poètes et Chansonniers (1902).
He also collaborated with Aristide Bruant to L'Argot au XXe siècle.
Dictionnaire français-argot.