Alain Souchon

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Casablanca, Morocco, 1944-05-27

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	I Love You All	Claude	59
2	1980	Émilie Jolie	Le coq	57
3	1982	All Fired Up	Antoine Quentin	59
4	1983	One Deadly Summer	Fiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon'	70
5	1984	The Flight of the Phoenix	Tom	48
6	1985	L'Homme aux yeux d'argent	Thierry Berger	41
7	1987	Comédie !	Lui	20
8	1988	Jane B. by Agnès V.	Verlaine's Reader	68
9	1990	Fathers' Day	Stéphane Miran	36
10	1991	Against Oblivion	Self	65
11	1994	Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex		60
12	1995	Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique		60
13	1996	Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés		60
14	1997	Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés		60
15	1998	Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur		73
16	1998	Charité biz'ness	Self	45
17	1999	Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000		60
18	2000	Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000		60
19	2000	Unleaded	Le Cyclope	80
20	2002	Alain Souchon - J'veux du live	Self	62
21	2005	Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés		80
22	2006	The Pink Soldier	L'Homme de Ménage	55
23	2007	Michel Delpech &... live at the Grand Rex, Paris	Self	60
24	2009	Tryo - Sous les étoiles	Self	42
25	2014	Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui		80
26	2016	Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires	Self	0
27	2016	Voulzy Souchon - Le Concert	Self	0
28	2017	The Pink Soldier 3	L'Homme de Ménage	60
29	2018	M. Eddy & sa tribu	Self	90
30	2019	Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde	Self	68
31	2019	Saint-Germain-des-Prés, un paradis perdu	Self	0
32	2020	Le festival des festivals	Self	0
33	2022	La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président	Self (archive footage)	72
34	2022	Alain Souchon au Palais des Sports	Self	80
35	2022	Alain Souchon - One Day, One Fate	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	À bout portant	Self	80
2	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
3	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
4	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
5	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
6	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
7	1975	Numéro un	Self - Host	60
8	1977	Fan School	Self	73
9	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
10	1985	Victoires de la musique	Self	20
11	1987	Matin Bonheur	Self	0
12	1987	Nulle part ailleurs	Self	56
13	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
14	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
15	1993	Taratata	Self	75
16	1993	Taratata	Self (performer)	75
17	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
18	2001	As An Aside	Self - Guest	65
19	2004	La chanson de l'année	Self	90
20	2018	The secret song	Self	80

Alain Souchon

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