Xa abazali bomfana beqhawule, kwaye wazalelwa kwintsapho yomlawuli wefilimu kunye ne-violinist, le nkwenkwana yagcina ubudlelwane obuhle noyise nonina.
Wayefundela lula, ngoxa wayefunda kwiYunivesithi yaseMichigan ukukhanya kwelanga, kwaye ukudlala igitala kuye kwakuyinto yokuzilibazisa. Wadlala igitare kakuhle kwaye emva kwexesha, wayenabalingani bokuqala phakathi kwabahlobo.
UJoe waqala ukwenza ngo-night cabaret eDetroit. Ekuqaleni wayengenalo isakhelo sakhe kwisimboli nakwiingoma zakhe, wayethanda iingoma zabantu baseMelika kunye neengoma zesiFrentshi kunye noJoe bazama ukudibanisa ngandlela-thile.
Emva kokufumana idiploma, uDassin wabuyela eFransi, eneenkwenkwezi ezimbini kwiifilimi ezingamthandanga. Emva koko, inkwenkwezi yekamva yesiFrentshi inquma ukuba ikusasa lakhe alikho kwiimvumi, kodwa kumculo. Ndifuna ukuphawula ukuba uJoe ixesha elide wayengenakugqiba ukuba yiyiphi indimi ayimemelayo - ngesiNgesi okanye ngesiFrentshi, kodwa xa ityala litshintsha yonke into.
Kwelinye la maqela apho ahlabelela ingoma yesiFrentshi song, uJoe wadibana nothando lwakhe lokuqala, kamva umkakhe uMariz. Nguye lo wesifazane owabhala ingoma yakhe kwi-tape recorder, waza wathatha ii-rekodi kwisikhululo soonomathotholo, kodwa ekubeni uJoe wayesebenzisa umculo waseMerika, akazange athandwe ngokukodwa.
UDassin waqala ukucula ngesiFrentshi kwaye abaphulaphuli bakhe bamkela ingoma nge-bang. Umculi wayekholelwa ukuba iingoma kufuneka zibancede abantu bajamelane neengxaki zabo, kufuneka babe nomusa kwaye bazele uthando, ngokuba ngoncedo lwengoma umntu kufuneka akhohlwe into embi.
Kungekudala wathola umqambi nomlobi owayeya kumelana nemibono yakhe, kwaye babhala okokuqala. UMaris, ngexesha lokwakhiwa kukaJoe Dasen njengomculi, wayehlala ehlala naye, wamnceda ebomini bemihla ngemihla, wayephethe uxanduva lwakhe. Ngokukhawuleza uMariz noJoe banquma ukubopha inzuzo yabo (1966). UDassin akazange afune ukutshata noMariz ixesha elide, kuba wayekhumbula indlela uyise eyashiye intsapho yakhe ebuntwaneni ngenxa yowesibini umfazi, kodwa bonke babetshatile uMariz, ekubeni wamnika i-ultimatum. Wahlala nalo mfazi iminyaka eli-10 ezayo. Emva kwexesha, ubudlelwane bomtshato babuthathaka, kwaye ekugqibeleni banquma ukuhlukana emva kokuba uMariz abelethe umntwana owafa emva nje kokuzalwa. UMariz wayesazi kakuhle ukuba uJoe wayenkosikazikazi elide kwaye akukho nto yayingasindisa ubuhlobo babo.
UJoe uyaziwayo kwaye uyathandwa, uyaziwa kwizitrato, unakho konke, kodwa akukho nwabomi ebomini bakhe. Umfazi wakhe wesibini, uChristine, wadibana nendiza. Intombazana yacaphukisa ngenxa yokuba wayesehlukana nomfana kunye noJoe bagqiba ukumqinisekisa, kodwa wamkhanyela ngokukhawuleza. UDassin, ukubeka ngokuthobeka, wamangaliswa, kuba inkwenkwezi, kwaye le ntombazana yamlahla.
Kamva badibana kwibha yehotele baza bathetha. Emva kwentlanganiso yabo yokuqala iinyanga ezimbalwa zidlulile, uJoe wayengenakulibala uChristine ogqambileyo kwaye wadibana naye, wagqiba ekubeni akayeke ukuhamba, kwaye babenothando olude.
Kwaphela malunga neminyaka emihlanu, badibana ngokufihlakeleyo kubo bonke abahlobo, abafazi emazweni ahlukeneyo, amahotele ahlukeneyo kunye nento yonke iya kuba yinto efanelekileyo, kodwa isimo saloo mthandi wemfihlo sagqiba ukungahambisani noChristine. UJoe akazange amenze umnikelo omkhulu, kodwa wamane wamnikela ngekhadi leshishini lakhe negama lakhe lokugqibela.
Ngowe-1978, uChristine noJoe batshata. Basebenzisa i-honeymoon kwaye bakhawuleza baba nguChristine Dossen, kwaye emva kweenyanga ezintandathu kudlule ukuzalwa kukaYonatan unyana wokuqala, ngokukhawuleza wazala unyana wakhe wesibini, uJulien. Emva kokuzalwa komntwana wokuqala, uDossen watsho ngokubhiyozela ukuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engama-40 ukuba uya kuphuma esiteji, njengoko enakho konke ayeliphuphayo-udumo, ukuqaphela, imali kunye neyona nto ibalulekileyo - intsapho.
UChristine akakwazi ukuhamba nomyeni wakhe ekutyeleleni, kuba unyanzelekile ukuba amnake umntwana wakhe wokuqala, kodwa umntwana wakhe akanomdla, kuba unomona ngomyeni wakhe. Ukulungelelanisa kunye nokuba nomona, ukhawulela indwendwe kumyeni wakhe aze abuye. I-hysteria yesifazana imkhokelela ekudakaleni, kwaye uqala ukusela, kunye noKristin, ukuba alahleke ngenye indlela intlungu iqala ukuzisebenzisa izidakamizwa kwaye iqhube i-Dassin kubo.
Kungekudala emva kokuzalwa komntwana wesibini, uChristine uhamba noJoe, njengoko echukumisa kwaye enokwenza okuninzi, ixesha elincinci kuye (bobabili bayaqonda ukuba umtshato wabo uphelile).
Ngaphambi kokusebenza okukhulu uChristine uthatha abantwana aze ahambe nabo kubazali babo eRuen, kwaye uDassin unesifo senhliziyo ngeli xesha lithetha. U-Dassin akazange afe, wamangalela uKristen waza wanqoba ukugcinwa kwexeshana kwabantwana. UJoe uphazamisa uhambo kwaye uhamba kunye nabantwana ukuya eTahiti, nangomso olandelayo, emva kokufika kwakhe kwisiqithi, uyafa-intliziyo yakhe yahluleka (imisebenzi kaDassin yayingxangxanxiswe yizigidi, iikonsathi zakhe zazilindelwe, kodwa ngo-Agasti 1980 wafa ngesifo senhliziyo kubangelwa ukhathala kwamanzi kunye nokudandatheka ngenxa yokuba umfazi wakhe wesibini wamshiya, ethatha kunye naye oonyana ababini abaqhelekileyo).
Okwangoku, uJoe Dassin, kunye nomculo weFrance oyingqungquthela, ungomnye weemvumi ezidumileyo zaseFransi, iingoma zakhe ezidlalwa kwiitishi ezininzi zomsakazo zehlabathi ngezikhathi ezithile. Oonyana bakhe babini baba ngabaculi.