Alain Chamfort
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| Born | Alain Joseph Yves Le Govic 2 March 1949 Paris, France |
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| Years active | 1966–present |
| Website | alain-chamfort |
Alain Chamfort (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʃɑ̃fɔʁ]; born Alain Joseph Yves Le Govic; 2 March 1949) is a French singer of Breton origin.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Chamfort was a promising pianist in his youth, and the piano became his instrument of choice. His first band The Dreamers had minor success as a repertory jazz outfit, and was followed by a typically sixties rock music group Murator.
Chamfort met famed writer and producer Jacques Dutronc, who proposed to help him with future works for television and film, and it is with Dutronc that Chamfort's career expanded. After being discovered by Dutronc, it was with Claude François and ultimately Serge Gainsbourg that he made a number of albums, including his first album recorded as Alain Chamfort: Poses. A single from the album, "Manureva" remains one of the most famous songs to date by Chamfort, whose subject is the yacht Manureva which disappeared with her skipper Alain Colas in 1978.
Chamfort composed for the cinema; he worked with Jean-Pierre Mocky and with Arnaud Sélignac. As an actor, he appeared in the short Men/Toys/Girl in 2001.[1] In 2004, he became a member of the board of directors of SACEM.
Discography
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Studio albums
[edit | edit source]- Je Pense A Elle, Elle Pense A Moi (1973, Flèche)
- Un coin de vie, Madonna Madonna (1974, Flèche)
- Mariage A L'Essai (1976, CBS)
- Rock'n Rose (1977, CBS)
- Poses (1979, CBS)
- Amour, Année Zéro (1981, CBS)
- Secrets Glacés (1983, CBS)
- Tendres Fièvres (1986, CBS)
- Trouble (1990, CBS)
- Neuf (1993, Epic)
- Personne N'Est Parfait (1997, Epic)
- Le Plaisir (2003, Delabel)
- Une vie Saint Laurent (2010, Tessland)
- Elles & Lui (2012, Mercury)
- Alain Chamfort (2015, PIAS)
- Le désordre des choses (2018, PIAS)
- L'impermanence (2024, Tessland via BMG France)
Live albums
[edit | edit source]- Double Vie (1988, CBS)
- Impromptu Dans Les Jardins Du Luxembourg (2005, XIII Bis)
Compilations
[edit | edit source]- Ce N'est Que Moi (2000, Epic) 1977–2000
- Le Chemin Est Le Bonheur 1976–2006 (2006, XIII Bis) 1976–2005
- Le meilleur d'Alain Chamfort (versions revisitées) (2016, Pias)
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1993 | Une femme pour moi | Guillaume | Telefilm |
| 2001 | Men/Toys/Girl | The player | Short |
| 2008 | Écrire pour un chanteur | A man | TV series |
| 2013 | Games of Clouds & Rain | Simon | |
| 2015 | Les Châteaux de sable | Éléonore's father |
References
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External links
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- Alain Chamfort at IMDb
- Biography
- Official website, at sonymusic.fr (in French)
- Fan website (in French)
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