Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
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He wrote songs that made France argue with itself — provocative, sexual, bizarre wordplay set to whatever genre caught his ear that year. Over 550 tracks, more than a thousand covers, and a second heart attack that turned a divisive pop figure into a secular saint.
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Born Lucien Ginsburg on 2 April 1928, Gainsbourg started in jazz and chanson before the yé-yé wave caught him. His output wandered through rock, reggae, funk, zouk, electronica — whatever served the lyric, which leaned on puns, satire, and sex in ways that split French opinion down the middle. "Je t'aime... moi non plus" charted in the UK; "Bonnie and Clyde" did the same in Belgium. He wrote over 550 songs before dying of a second heart attack on 2 March 1991. The controversy that shadowed him alive turned to adoration after, and now he holds legendary status at home and a cult following elsew…
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- La Comédie-Française chante Gainsbourg2023
- La Chanson de Prévert2008
- Aux armes et cætera1979
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