Alain Souchon

Alain Souchon born Alain Édouard Kienast 27 May 1944 is a French singersongwriter 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 mothers side is Swiss and he has dual FrenchSwiss 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 PatheMarconi label but had no success Bob Socquet the artistic director of RCA encouraged him to perform his song Lamour 1830 at the Rose DOr of Antibes contest Souchon then began to collaborate with composerarranger Laurent Voulzy b 1948 they would write together but each released albums under his own name Souchons first hit was Jai 10 ans 1974 from the album of the same name He continued releasing albums and in 1978 wrote the theme for François Truffauts 1979 film Love on the Run Lamour en fuite At this time his second son was born In 1980 he was invited to perform at lOlympia He also began his acting career most notably starring in the 1983 film Lété 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 Souchons biggest hit Foule sentimentale from 1993s millionselling Cest 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 ya personne Source Article Alain Souchon from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30