Alain Souchon

Known for ActingBorn 1944-05-27 (age 82)Casablanca, Morocco

Alain Souchon (born Alain Édouard Kienast; 27 May 1944) is a French singer-songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films. Alain Souchon was born in Casablanca, Morocco. His family on his mother's side is Swiss, and he has dual French-Swiss nationality. Six months after he was born, his family moved 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. 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 1830" 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 (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 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 déjà 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". Source: Article "Alain Souchon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

M. Eddy & sa tribu

La chanson de l'année

Midi Première

The Apartment

Alain Souchon au Palais des Sports

The Secret Song

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Taratata

Le Grand Échiquier

À bout portant

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

Unleaded

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Numéro un

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

Une journée avec Jacques Brel

Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde

Fan School

Lest We Forget

Love on the Run

One Deadly Summer

Champs-Elysées

Jane B. by Agnès V.

Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

Alain Souchon - J'veux du live

C à vous

The Pink Soldier 3

Michel Delpech &... live at the Grand Rex, Paris

Nulle part ailleurs

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

Émilie Jolie

I Love You All

All Fired Up

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Charité biz'ness

Midi trente

Sacrée soirée

The Pink Soldier

The Flight of the Phoenix

Tryo - Sous les étoiles

Comédie !

L'Homme aux yeux d'argent

Fathers' Day