Composer, lyricist, and performer, born in Montrouge, NC France. The son of a business family, he studied at Hautes Etudes Commerciales and was guitarist of the group Taï Phong in 1975. He became the most popular troubadour-rock singer of the 1980s, and reached the top of the French Top 50 chart. Hit songs included Compte pas sur moi , La vie par procuration , Elle a fait un bébé tout seul , and Au bout de mes rêves , which was written for Johnny Hallyday. He produced his own shows at le Bataclan, L'Olympia, Palais des Sports, and at le Zénith.
Jean-Jacques Goldman (born October 11, 1951) is a French singer and songwriter.
He first entered the French music scene as member of a prog rock group named Tai Phong ("great wind, typhoon" in Vietnamese), which released its first album in 1975.
After four years and three albums sung in English with Tai Phong, Goldman was determined to go it alone and write and sing in French.
In 1982, his first hit album Minoritaire, which included the hit song "Quand la musique est bonne", was released;
He also writes for other singers, notably Céline Dion, with whom he collaborated on D'eux (released in the US as The French Album), S'il suffisait d'aimer and 1 fille &
He is the author of the famous song "La chanson des restos", performed by les Enfoirés as the theme of the charitable association created by Coluche, Les restos du coeur.
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