Alain Bashung

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. ... Source: Article "Alain Bashung" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Alain Bashung
  • Popularity: 0.934
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1947-12-01
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Alain Claude Baschung
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Alain Bashung Movies

  • 2008
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    I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

    I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

    7.247 2008 HD

    Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they...

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  • 2012
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    Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

    Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1987
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    Le Beauf

    Le Beauf

    5 1987 HD

    Gilbert, assigned to incinerate old banknotes at the Bank of France, lives with his wife, Gisèle, and his young son, Thomas. A few years...

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  • 2009
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    Bashung à l'Olympia

    Bashung à l'Olympia

    8 2009 HD

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  • 2001
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    Felix and Lola

    Felix and Lola

    6 2001 HD

    Félix, operator of dodgem cars in a fairground, becomes obsessed by one of his customers, a mysterious young woman named Lola. Félix...

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  • 1982
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    Nestor Burma, détective de choc

    Nestor Burma, détective de choc

    4.7 1982 HD

    Detective Nestor Burma begins an investigation into the corrupt drug-ridden punk rock music world.

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  • 1999
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    I Want It All

    I Want It All

    4.2 1999 HD

    The collision between family life and career lies at the heart of this comedy hailing from France. A mother of two small children, Eva's life goes...

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  • 2004
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    The Curious Boy

    The Curious Boy

    5.1 2004 HD

    Clement, nine, curious about everything, wants to understand life. Camera in hand, he walks the streets of his small provincial town, following and...

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  • 1993
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    A Shadow of a Doubt

    A Shadow of a Doubt

    6.2 1993 HD

    Aline Issermann's "Shades of Doubt" ("L'Ombre du Doute"), a French film about a wrenching family crisis, is set forth with remarkable restraint. The...

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  • 2002
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    La bande du drugstore

    La bande du drugstore

    5.3 2002 HD

    In the sixties, the Drugstore "minets" were the best dressed, believed only in themselves and imagined themselves reinventing everything. The drag,...

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  • 1999
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    My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters

    My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters

    5.6 1999 HD

    Young single mother has two sons and a daughter by three different fathers who are completely unaware of having fathered them. Anne's mother conjures...

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  • 1995
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    Alain Bashung : Confessions publiques

    Alain Bashung : Confessions publiques

    8.5 1995 HD

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  • 2000
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    Confusion of Genders

    Confusion of Genders

    4.7 2000 HD

    Bisexual attorney Alain is bedding his female boss, his murderer client, the client's hairdresser girlfriend, and a precocious boy who knows what he...

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  • 1994
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    My Chinese Sister

    My Chinese Sister

    9 1994 HD

    In 1977, one year after Mao died, a French man ( played by Alain Bashung) comes back to China to work as a school teacher with his daughter. He...

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  • 2001
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    L'origine du monde

    L'origine du monde

    1 2001 HD

    A young policeman of Moroccan origin investigates the murder of an informer. His investigations soon lead him to question his own past.

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  • 2003
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    Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces

    Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces

    8 2003 HD

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  • 1999
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    Retour à la vie

    Retour à la vie

    1 1999 HD

    Louise, a young deaf and dumb comedian, has just been named best actress of the year. She is married to Yann, twenty years her senior. But their...

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  • 1991
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    Nothing But Lies

    Nothing But Lies

    6 1991 HD

    Frustrated with her life, a Parisian tells her philandering husband about her lover.

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  • 2014
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    Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

    Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

    7.2 2014 HD

    In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh...

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  • 1983
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    Car Cemetery

    Car Cemetery

    4.9 1983 HD

    The plot is set in a post apocalyptic Junkyard where people take refuge from authority and are able to practice their fantasies and fetishes without...

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  • 1987
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    Le Beauf

    Le Beauf

    5 1987 HD

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  • 1983
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    Car Cemetery

    Car Cemetery

    4.9 1983 HD

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  • 2003
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    Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces

    Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces

    8 2003 HD

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  • 1982
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    Nestor Burma, détective de choc

    Nestor Burma, détective de choc

    4.7 1982 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Fourth Power

    The Fourth Power

    6.5 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1990
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    Les Nuls, l'émission

    Les Nuls, l'émission

    8.4 1990 HD

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  • 1987
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    Nulle part ailleurs

    Nulle part ailleurs

    5.643 1987 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Victoires de la musique

    Victoires de la musique

    2 1985 HD

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  • 1971
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    Cadet Rousselle

    Cadet Rousselle

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1975
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    Numéro un

    Numéro un

    6 1975 HD

    A French variety show.

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1998
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    Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

    3.2 1998 HD

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