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Alain Bashung
Acting

Alain Bashung
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-12-01,Paris, France
Gender
Male
Biography
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. ... Source: Article "Alain Bashung" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

7.3

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
2008-03-26

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

0

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
2012-10-22

5.074

Le Beauf
1987-01-07

Bashung à l'Olympia

8

Bashung à l'Olympia
2009-11-16

6

Felix and Lola
2001-03-07

Nestor Burma, détective de choc

4.667

Nestor Burma, détective de choc
1982-04-14

5.625

I Want It All
1999-11-17

The Curious Boy

5.583

The Curious Boy
2004-04-28

A Shadow of a Doubt

6.8

A Shadow of a Doubt
1993-09-11

La bande du drugstore

5.5

La bande du drugstore
2002-04-17

My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters

5.615

My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters
1999-06-16

Alain Bashung : Confessions publiques

8.3

Alain Bashung : Confessions publiques
1995-10-04

Confusion of Genders

4.738

Confusion of Genders
2000-12-20

My Chinese Sister

8

My Chinese Sister
1994-11-09

L'origine du monde

7

L'origine du monde
2001-05-09

Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces

8

Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces
2003-10-09

Retour à la vie

8

Retour à la vie
1999-10-25

Nothing But Lies

6.5

Nothing But Lies
1991-12-11

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

7.221

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014-01-29

5.083

Car Cemetery
1983-04-30

Du Baptême à Je dis -M-

0

Du Baptême à Je dis -M-
2001-01-06

Les Nuls, l'émission

8.583

Les Nuls, l'émission
1990-10-13

Nulle part ailleurs

6.125

Nulle part ailleurs
1987-08-31

Victoires de la musique

3.3

Victoires de la musique
1985-11-23

Cadet Rousselle

0

Cadet Rousselle
1971-11-04

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

7.5

Numéro un
1975-04-05

6.75

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

Le monde est à vous

0

Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13

8

Discorama
1959-02-04

Vivement dimanche

3.625

Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20

5.7

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02