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person_profile-Alain Bashung

Alain Bashung Died at age: 61

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Alain Bashung

Date of Birth:

Dec 01, 1947

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Mar 14, 2009

Biography of

Alain Bashung

    Alain Bashung (born Alain Claude Baschung; 1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil", he is often regarded in his home country as the most important French rock musician after Serge Gainsbourg. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s with hit songs such as "Gaby oh Gaby" and "Vertige de l'amour", and later had a string of hit records from the 1990s onward, such as "Osez Joséphine", "Ma petite entreprise" and "La nuit je mens". He has had an influence on many later French artists, and is the most awarded artist in the Victoires de la Musique history with 12 victories obtained throughout his career.

    Bashung's Play blessures (1982), Osez Joséphine (1991), and Fantaisie militaire (1998) have made multiple French lists of the greatest albums. L'Imprudence (2002) and Bleu pétrole (2008), the last two studio albums released during his lifetime, also garnered acclaim. Bashung died at 61 after a two-year fight with lung cancer.

    Alain Baschung (he later dropped the "c" from his surname) was the son of a Breton mother working in a rubber factory and an Algerian father, whom he never knew. His mother remarried, and at the age of one, Bashung was sent to Wingersheim, near Strasbourg to live with his stepfather's parents. He spent his childhood in the countryside, in a rather conservative environment, alongside a grandmother who did not speak French. He discovered music during his childhood, notably Kurt Weill's Mahagonny, and began to practice with a Rosebud harmonica offered to him when he was five. He also practiced basketball and cycling and sang in the church choir of Wingersheim.

    He came back to Paris in 1959, where he discovered the great chanson artists, and then rock artists such as Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly (whom he admired deeply), and Elvis Presley. While studying (before dropping out after he was awarded a BTS in accountancy from the École nationale de commerce in 1965), he formed a band called Les Dunces playing folk music and rockabilly.

    He later formed a band with musicians met in Royan, and then began to tour in restaurants, hotels and U.S. military bases. He began his career with his first EP, "Pourquoi rêvez-vous des États-Unis?" in 1966, which he wrote and composed. At the same time, he joined the RCA label to become a music arranger. He wrote songs for French artists. In June 1967, at the Palais des Sports of Paris, he was the opening act (alongside Noël Deschamps and Ronnie Bird) of artists such as the Pretty Things, the Troggs or Cream.

    In 1968, he released his first single, "Les Romantiques", which was largely ignored by the public and unsuccessful. Around that time, he dropped the "c" from his name and spent some time at the house of fellow singer Christophe.

    From 1972 to 1974, he composed some of the music and cowrote three albums and three singles (including "Marilou") for French rock singer Dick Rivers. In 1973, he played Robespierre in the musical La Révolution française by Claude-Michel Schönberg. ...

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Alain Bashung

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Filmography of

Alain Bashung

Found 16 Movies in total

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Jack l'éventreur (voice) ( Actor )

... 2014

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

Alain Bashung ( Actor )

... 2008

The Curious Boy

The police inspector ( Actor )

... 2004

La bande du drugstore

Le prof de philo ( Actor )

... 2002

L'origine du monde

Richard ( Actor )

... 2001

Felix and Lola

le chanteur ( Actor )

... 2001

Confusion of Genders

Etienne ( Actor )

... 2000

I Want It All

Marc ( Actor )

... 1999

Retour à la vie

Yann ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1999

My Chinese Sister

Robert Chantegris ( Actor )

... 1994

A Shadow of a Doubt

Father ( Actor )

... 1993

Nothing But Lies

Adrien ( Actor )

... 1991

Le Beauf

Self ( Actor )

Original Music Composer

... 1987

Car Cemetery

Emanou ( Actor )

Original Music Composer

... 1983

Nestor Burma, détective de choc

Bo Craddock ( Actor )

Original Music Composer

... 1982