Pamene makolo a mnyamatayo analekana, ndipo anabadwira m'banja la mkulu wa filimu ndi violinist, mnyamatayo anakhalabe paubwenzi wabwino ndi bambo ake ndi amayi ake.
Anaphunzira mosavuta, pamene ankaphunzira ku kuwala kwa nyenyezi kwa yunivesite ya Michigan, ndipo kumuimbira gitala kunali chabe chizoloŵezi. Anayimba gitala bwino ndipo patapita nthawi, adayamba kukhala ndi mafilimu pakati pa abwenzi ake.
Joe anayamba kuchita usiku cabaret ku Detroit. Poyamba analibe kalembedwe kake pakuimba ndi nyimbo zake, ankakonda nyimbo za anthu a ku Amerika ndi nyimbo za ku France ndi Joe anayesera kuziphatikiza.
Atalandira diploma, Dassin anabwerera ku France, atajambula m'mafilimu awiri omwe sanamuthandize. Pambuyo pake, nyenyezi yamtsogolo ya nyimbo ya ku France inaganiza kuti tsogolo lake silinali m'mafilimu, koma mu nyimbo. Ndikufuna kudziwa kuti Joe kwa nthawi yayitali sanathe kusankha chilankhulo chimene amamuimbira - m'Chingelezi kapena Chifalansa, koma nthawi yomweyo nkhaniyi inasintha chilichonse.
Pakati pa maphwando kumene adaimba nyimbo za French song, Joe anakumana ndi chikondi chake choyamba, ndipo kenako mkazi wake Mariz. Ndi mkazi uyu yemwe analemba nyimbo yake pa tepi ya matepi, kenako anatenga ma rekodi pa radiyo, koma popeza Joe anali kuimba nyimbo za ku America, iye sanatchuka kwambiri.
Dassin anayamba kuimba mu French ndipo omvera ake anavomera nyimboyi ndi ena. Woimbayo amakhulupirira kuti nyimbozi ziyenera kuthandiza anthu kuthana ndi mavuto awo, ayenera kukhala okoma mtima ndi odzaza chikondi, chifukwa ndi chithandizo cha nyimbo munthu ayenera kuiwala chilichonse choipa.
Posakhalitsa anapeza wolemba ndi wolemba yemwe angamamvere maganizo ake, ndipo adalemba zoyamba za iye. Maris, pamene anapanga Joe Dasen ngati woimba, nthawi zonse anali ndi iye, adamuthandiza tsiku ndi tsiku, anali ndi udindo wolembera kalatayi. Mariz ndi Joe posakhalitsa anaganiza zomanga chuma chawo (1966). Dassin sanafune kukwatiwa ndi Mariz kwa nthawi yaitali, chifukwa anakumbukira momwe abambo ake adasiyira banja lake ali mwana chifukwa cha mkazi wina, koma onse anakwatira Mariz, popeza adamupatsa chibwenzi. Anakhala ndi mkazi uyu zaka 10 zotsatira. Patapita nthawi, ubalewo unasokonekera, ndipo potsiriza adaganiza zopatukana Mariz atabala mwana yemwe adamwalira atangobadwa. Mariz ankadziwa bwino kuti Joe anali ndi mbuye kwa nthawi yaitali ndipo palibe chimene chingapulumutse chiyanjano chawo.
Joe ndi wotchuka komanso wotchuka, amadziwika m'misewu, ali ndi zonse, koma palibe chimwemwe pamoyo wake. Mkazi wake wachiwiri, Christine, anakumana pa ndege. Msungwanayo anakhumudwa chifukwa chakuti anangopatukana ndi mnyamatayu ndi Joe anaganiza zomutsimikizira, koma mwamunayo anakana. Dassin, kuti aulembe mofatsa, adadabwa, chifukwa iye ndi nyenyezi, ndipo mtsikana uyu anamukana.
Pambuyo pake anakumana mu barani ya hotelo ndipo anayamba kulankhula. Pambuyo pa msonkhano wawo woyamba, miyezi ingapo idatha, Joe sakayiwala Christine yemwe anali atangomukana naye, adaganiza kuti sangalole, ndipo anali ndi chikondi chokhalitsa.
Kwa zaka pafupi zisanu, adakumana mwachinsinsi ndi abwenzi onse, akazi m'mayiko osiyanasiyana, maofesi osiyanasiyana ndi chirichonse chikanakhala bwino, koma chikhalidwe cha wokonda chinsinsi chinayamba kusagwirizana ndi Christine. Joe sanamupatse mwayi waukulu, koma anangopereka khadi la bizinesi ndi dzina lake komanso dzina lake lomaliza.
Mu 1978, Christine ndi Joe anakwatira. Anakhala ndi chibwenzi chosangalatsa ndipo pasanapite nthaŵi anayamba Christine Dossen, ndipo patadutsa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuchokera pamene mwana woyamba wa Yonatani anabadwa, posakhalitsa anabereka mwana wake wachiwiri, Julien. Pambuyo pa kubadwa kwa mwana woyamba, Dossen adanena pa chikondwerero cha tsiku la kubadwa kwake kwa makumi anai 40 kuti posachedwa adzachoka pa siteji, popeza ali ndi zonse zomwe analota - kutchuka, kuzindikira, ndalama komanso zofunika kwambiri - banja.
Christine sangathenso kuyenda ndi mwamuna wake paulendo, chifukwa amamukakamiza kusamalira mwana wake woyamba, koma mwana wake sali wokondweretsedwa, chifukwa ali ndi nsanje ndi mwamuna wake. Pokonzekera kukwiya ndi nsanje, amatha kuyendera mwamuna wake ndipo amabwerera. Kuchita mantha kwa amayi kumamupangitsa kuvutika maganizo, ndipo amayamba kumwa, ndi Kristin, kuti amuchotsere ululu amayamba kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndipo amamukakamiza Dassin.
Mwana wake wachiwiri atangobadwa, Christine amachoka Joe, akamakhudza ndi kuchita zambiri, osakhala ndi nthawi yochepa (onse awiri amadziwa kuti banja lawo ladzimana).
Pambuyo pa ntchito yaikulu Christine amabweretsa anawo ndi masamba awo kwa makolo awo ku Rouen, ndipo Dassin ali ndi matenda a mtima panthawiyi. Dassin sanamwalire, adamutsutsa Kristen ndipo anagonjetsa ana msanga. Joe akusokoneza ulendowu ndikuyenda ndi ana kupita ku Tahiti, ndipo tsiku lotsatira, atafika pachilumbachi, adamwalira - mtima wake unalephera (zomwe Dassin anachita zinali zowonongeka ndi mamiliyoni, ma concert ake anali kuyembekezera, koma mu August 1980 adamwalira ndi matenda a mtima Chifukwa cha kutopa kwa mantha ndi kupsinjika maganizo pambali yakuti mkazi wake wachiwiri anamusiya, kutenga pamodzi ndi ana awiri aamuna).
Pano, Joe Dassin, limodzi ndi nyimbo yoimba nyimbo ya France, ndi mmodzi mwa oimba otchuka a ku France, omwe nyimbo zawo zimayimbidwa pazipangizo zambiri za wailesi nthawi ndi nthawi. Ana ake awiri nawonso anakhala oimba.