Alain Chamfort, born Alain Le Govic, is a French singer of Breton

Brittany

Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...

 origin, born on 2 March 1949 in Paris.

He 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

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 outfit, and was followed by a typically sixties rock music group "Murator".

He met famed writer and producer Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. He has been married to singer Françoise Hardy since 30 March 1981 and the two have a son . He also has been a longtime songwriting collaborator with Jacques Lanzmann...

 who proposed to help Chamfort 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

Claude François

Claude François was a French pop singer, songwriter and dancer. He wrote "Comme d'habitude," the original version of "My Way."-Early life:...

 and ultimately Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...

 that he made a number of albums, including his first album recorded as Alain Chamfort: "Manureva". The song of the same name remains one of the most famous to date by Chamfort.

Alain Chamfort composed for the cinema; he worked with Jean-Pierre Mocky

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Jean-Pierre Mocky is the pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer...

 and with Arnaud Sélignac. As an actor, he was in front of the camera in "Men/Toys/Girl" in 2001 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9imuylOYg). In 2004, he became a member of the board of directors of SACEM

SACEM

SACEM may refer to:* The Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique is a French professional association collecting payments of artists’ rights and distributing the rights to the original authors, composers and publishers...

.

Studio Albums

• Je Pense A Elle, Elle Pense A Moi (1973, Flèche)
• Un coin de vie, Madonna Madonna (1974) (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)

Live Albums

• Double Vie (1988, CBS)
• Impromptu Dans Les Jardins Du Luxembourg (2005, XIII Bis)

Compilations

• Ce N'Est Que Moi (2000, Epic) 1977–2000
• Le Chemin Est Le Bonheur 1976–2006 (2006, XIII Bis) 1976–2005

External links

• Biography
• Official website, at sonymusic.fr (in French)
• Fan website (in French)