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- Monsieur rêve
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Paris, France
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…
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- Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart — Jack l'éventreur (voice)2014
- Les Enfants de la Pop 80's — Self (archive footage)2012
- Bashung à l'Olympia2009
- I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster — Alain Bashung2008
- The Curious Boy — The police inspector2004
- Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces — Self2003
- La bande du drugstore — Le prof de philo2002
- Felix and Lola — le chanteur2001
- L'origine du monde — Richard2001
- Du Baptême à Je dis -M- — Self2001
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Alain Bashung (born Alain Baschung on 1 December 1947 in Paris and died on 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter, and actor; he was the son of a Brittany born mother and a Kabyle father he never knew. When Alain Bashung was one year old he was sent to the Strasbourg area, in Wingersheim, to stay with his grandparents. He spent his childhood in the country in a conservative environment. When he was five years old he discovered Music most notably Kurt Weill, as he played harmonica. <a h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claude
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Genre
- trip hop
- Instrument
- harmonica
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Official website
- www.alainbashung.fr
- Image
- BASHUNG Alain-24x30-2007b.jpg
- Height
- 1.76
- Number of children
- 2
- Significant event
- funeral
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- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Commons category
- Alain Bashung
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1947-12-01
- date of death
- 2009-03-14
- birth name
- Alain Claude Baschung
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Alain Baschung
- pseudonym
- David Bergen
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
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