Roger Toziny (24 December 1883[1] – 3 March 1939) was a 20th-century French chansonnier, lyricist and actor.
On 18 May 1917, released from military service, Roger Toziny joined in Paris with another chansonnier, Maurice Hallé ,and a cartoonist, Jules Depaquit, to create a satirical four pages weekly entitled La Vache enragée,[2] taking the name of a former carnival parade [fr].
[3][4] In February 1921, Roger Toziny and Maurice Hallet founded a new cabaret in Montmartre, at 4 place Constantin-Pecqueur, and gave it the name of their review, La Vache enragée.
[5] On 17 April 1921, Roger Toziny also organized the first "scabs fair" to help the needy painters.
[7] He is also the author of a collection of old songs of France, entitled Absence or Les chansons de mon âme.