Alain Bashung

French singer, songwriter and actor, born to an Algerian kabyle father and to a breton mother. Alsatian Roger Baschung adopted him.

In France, he is considered one of the most famous singers in French chanson and French rock. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s with hit songs such as "Gaby oh Gaby" and "Vertige de l'amour", and later had a string of hit successes from the 1990s onward, such as "Osez Joséphine", "Ma petite entreprise" or "La nuit je mens". He has had an influence on many later French artists, and is the most awarded artist in the Victoires de la Musique history with 12 victoires obtained throughout his career. He chose David Bergen as stage name and then Bashung without c.

Divorced twice, remarried in 2001 with Chloé Mons, he had two children.

Bashung died in Paris on 14 March 2009 from lung cancer at the age of 61.