In 1973, their popular album Take it or Leave It was recorded in MemphisвЂ™s Ardent Studios with producer Don Nix. Their only French language recording, вЂњJe Suis Juste Un Rock'n RollerвЂќ, produced by Doug Yeager and the band and backed by soul sisters Angel & Sybil, was recorded in CincinnatiвЂ™s 5th Floor Recording Studios, and became their biggest hit ever, reaching No. In 1972, Alain Tobably formed a partnership with Doug Yeager and Charles Benanty of Applewood Productions in New York, and the band began the second phase of their career touring and recording in America. Their early recordings often mimicked traits of The Rolling Stones, The Who and Led Zeppelin. Between 19, they released the bulk of their albums on Pathe Records. Les Variations were the first and certainly one of the best known rock groups from France, largely in part to their commercial record successes, their unabandoned concert and television performances, their unmatched media and press coverage, and their unique position of being the first French rock band to tour America, to sign with an American label and eventually pioneer a new style of rock music over their decade-long existence. Returning to France in 1969, they signed with FranceвЂ™s EMI/PathГ© Records, and forged a successful recording relationship. That year they began touring throughout Europe as a great live performance band, singing songs in English of their favorite artists, such as Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones, and in 1967, they began their recording career in Denmark with the release of Spics & Spack. Les Variations was formed in 1966 by Marc TobalyвЂ™s older brother Alain, who became the bandвЂ™s manager. In 1975, Leb was later replaced by Tunisian born Robert Fitoussi. In 1971, Leb was briefly replaced by French singer Michel Chevalier.

The fourth member, Jacques вЂњPetit PoisвЂќ Grande, who played bass, is of Italian heritage. Joe Leb sang vocals, Marc Tobaly played guitar, and Isaac вЂњJackyвЂќ Bitton was on drums. Three of the original four members were Moroccan Jews. With this sound, they introduced a new rock fusion which is now referred to as Moroccanroll music, which is played throughout North Africa and has influenced many western rock bands over the past four decades.

On their last two albums, Moroccan Roll (1974) and Cafe de Paris (1975), their compositions, arrangements and lyrics contained sounds and stories of North African and Jewish Sephardic culture as well as the Hebrew songs of the band membersвЂ™ youth growing up in North Africa. They were FranceвЂ™s first band to headline the famed Olympia Theatre, the first to tour America, the first to sign with a US label and the first to achieve hit records in America. Its three members were born in Morocco and were of Jewish origin. Les Variations was a French rock band from the late 1960s to mid-1970s, that sang in English and was known for its rock guitar-based music.

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