- Father of Bernard Canetti, Françoise Canetti and Georges Canetti.
- In 1963, he founded his own production company, "Les Productions Jacques Canetti", and record label, "Disques Jacques Canetti".
- His spouse, Lucienne Torres (12 December 1919 - 23 March 1981), made a career as a singer-songwriter under the name of Lucienne Vernay.
- An avenue is named after him in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), the commune where he died. In 2013, the Promenade Jacques Canetti was opened in Paris, opposite "Les Trois Baudets".
- Brother of Elias Canetti (Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981) and Georges Canetti (a microbiologist specialized in tuberculosis).
- An important music executive, talent agent and artistic director, he joined the Polydor record company in 1931. He also worked for the Philips label and for the Fontana label.
- In 1947, he founded "Les Trois Baudets", a music venue-bar-restaurant where many singers started their career, including Ricet Barrier, Guy Béart, Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel, Leny Escudéro, Maurice Fanon, Serge Gainsbourg, Boby Lapointe, Francis Lemarque, Marcel Mouloudji, Patachou, Anne Sylvestre.
- In 1978, he wrote his memoir, "On cherche jeune homme aimant la musique", whose title derived from a job advertisement from Polydor ("Cherche jeune homme aimant la musique et parlant couramment allemand" / "Seeking young man who loves music and speaks fluent German").
- Lover of jazz music, he was the first to organize the tours of Louis Armstrong Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and The Mills Brothers in France in the 1930s.
- He is buried in the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (Paris).
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