Michel Fugain
Michel Fugain is a singer type-setter and interprets French, born on May 12th, 1942 with Grenoble.
Career
After having given up its studies of medicines, he becomes second assistant of the realizer Yves Robert.
In 1964, it enters to the new Barclay editions as “a type-setter of edition” and writes its first songs. He is interpreted by Hugues Aufray (1966), Herve Vilard, Dalida, Marie Laforêt, etc
He records a first album in 1967 ( I will not have time , the flowers of tangerine ) and in 1970, the musical comedy a child in the city .
In 1972, it is the birth of the “Big Bazar”, a group of 11 musicians and 15 other people (in round they were up to 35): Make like the bird (an adaptation of the song Brésil ienne Você Abusou ), a beautiful story , the festival , etc In 1976, Michel Fugain leaves the Big Bazar which will stop a few years later.
In 1977, is born the “Company Michel Fugain”. With amongst other things Roland Magdane
In 1979, it founds a workshop of musical comedy (a place of formation for young artists) in Nice, in the Studios of Victorine.
It returns in 1986 with the song Viva emptied it .
The death of his/her daughter Laurette in 2002 is a terrible shock which will lead it to shorten its career “to stick, from now on, that with essence”. After the creation of a musical comedy, Mesdames Attention and Sirs (M6 with the autumn 2005), whom it regards as an error, is at the same time assessment of its career and passage of relay towards a new generation - castings and repetitions were filmed by M6, which he will regret thereafter - he leaves in 2007 Bravo and Merci , ultimate album in the form of homage to its “fellow-members” where he sings texts offered by Charles Aznavour, Maxime the Forester, or one of the last texts of Claude Nougaro. He is also godfather of the festival of Auris in Oisans " Following days which chantent" , whose artistic director is ensured by Freddy Zucchet.
Publications
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Of the laughter and a tear , Paris 2007
Discography
Abbreviations: : vinyl; : cassette; : compact disc.
Solo 1967 - 1971
With the Big Bazaar (1972 - 1976)
With the Company (1977 - 1978)
Solo 1980 -
Compilations
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the collection sixties of the EP' S French (compilation of faces B, 1995) - Magic Records CD
Private life
It has a first girl, Sophie, born before her marriage with Stéphanie and whose it revealed the existence only much later.
It meets Stéphanie in 1972 and his/her second daughter, Marie, are born in 1973. His/her third daughter, Laurette, born in 1979, die of a Leucémie in 2002.
In 1992, is born his/her son, Alexis.
See too
External bonds
- official Myspace of Michel Fugain
- Official site
- complete Blog fans
- audio Interview of Michel Fugain
- Site of Freddy Zucchet