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Infobox musical artist| name = Alain Souchon| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Alain Kienast| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1944|05|27| birth_place = Casablanca , French Morocco | death_date =| origin = Paris , France | instrument = Vocals , Guitar | genre = Alternative rock French pop music|French pop Pop/Rock Experimental music|Experimental Chanson Techno | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1971–present| label = RCA (1973-1984), Virgin Records|Virgin (1985-present)| associated_acts = Laurent Voulzy , Renaud , Maurane , Geoffrey Oryema , Zazie , Michel Jonasz , Catherine Lara | website = http://www.alainsouchon.net/ alainsouchon.net| image = Alain Souchon 2012.jpg Alain Souchon (born Alain Kienast on May 27, 1944) is a French people|French singer , songwriter and actor . He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.
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Six months after Souchon was born his family returned to France. When he was 15 his father died in an accident. His mother sent him to a French college in England, but due to problems registering he decided to stay in London and work. Upon returning to France he took up guitar, influenced by English and American music. In 1970, he married and had his first son continuing to play in the cabarets and bars in the Rive Gauche of Paris, France|Paris . Souchon signed his first contract in 1971 with the Pathe-Marconi label but had no success. Bob Socquet, the artistic director of RCA encouraged him to perform his song "L'amour 1930" at the Rose D'Or of Antibes contest. Souchon then began to collaborate with composer/arranger Laurent Voulzy (b. 1948); they would write together, but each released albums under his own name. Souchon's first hit was "J'ai 10 ans" (1974), from the album of the same name. He continued releasing albums and in 1978 wrote the theme for François Truffaut 's 1979 film Love on the Run (1979 film)|Love on the Run (''L'amour en fuite''). At this time his second son was born. In 1980, he was invited to perform at l'Olympia . He also began his acting career, most notably starring in the 1983 film '' One Deadly Summer|L'été Meurtrier ''. Following the album 'On avance', he left RCA and signed with Virgin Records at 40 years old. In 1989 "La beauté de Ava Gardner" was voted best title of the year by the Victoires de la Musique .
Then came Souchon's biggest hit " Foule sentimentale " from 1993's million-selling ''C'est déja ça . At the 20th anniversary of the Victoires de la Musique in 1995, Alain Souchon received the award for best "Chanson Originale" for his song "Foule Sentimentale." In 1996, he received the "le Prix Vincent Scotto" award given by the SACEM (Societe des Auteurs Compositeurs) for his song "Sous les Jupes des Filles". Souchon returned in 2005 with the hugely successful album La vie Théodore'' which contained the hit single "...Et si en plus y'a personne".
Discography
Studio Albums
Year
Album
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Victoires de la musique : Music Video of the Year ( La Ballade de Jim ), directed by Philippe Bensoussan
Victoires de la musique : Song of the Year ( Belle-Île-en-Mer )
1990
Victoires de la musique : Song of the Year (''Quand j'serai KO )
1991
Victoires de la musique : Album of the Year ( Nickel )
1994
Victoires de la musique : Male Artist of the Year
Victoires de la musique : Song of the Year ( Foule sentimentale )
1996
Victoires de la musique : Album of the Year ( Défoule sentimentale )
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External links
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fr icon http://www.alainsouchon.net/ Official site
http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_6069.asp Biography of Alain Souchon, from Radio France Internationale
IMDb name | id=0815713 | name=Alain Souchon
s-startsuccession box|before= Alain Bashung |title= Victoires de la Musique Victoires_de_la_Musique#Male_artist_of_the_year|Male artist of the year |years= 1994 in music|1994 |after= MC Solaars-end Persondata | NAME =Souchon, Alain | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =May 27, 1944 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Casablanca , Morocco | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Souchon, Alain Category:1944 births Category:People from Casablanca Category:Living people Category:French male singers Category:French singer-songwriters Category:French-language singers
