Michel Fugain

Michel Fugain
Background information
Born	12 May 1942 Grenoble, Isère
Genres	French variety songs, ballads
Years active	1964-present
Labels	Barclay, Universal Records

Michel Fugain (born 12 May 1942 in Grenoble, Isère) is a French singer and composer. Originally he released music along with his singers and dancers entitled "Le Big Bazar" but went for a more solo approach 1977. In 1967, he released his first album: Je n'aurai pas le temps (French: "I won't have time"). The title track was later covered in English by John Rowles and was entitled "If I only had time".

Discography

Albums

• Fais Comme L'Oiseau - 1972
• C'est pas de l'amour mais c'e - 2012 #72 CAN^[1]
• Michel Fugain, Les années Big Bazar -2013 #54 FR

Greatest hits

• Je n'aurai pas le temps (I won't have time, 1967)
• Les fleurs de mandarine (Mandarin flowers, 1967)
• Une belle histoire (A beautiful story, 1972)
• Fais comme l'oiseau (Do it like the bird, 1972)
• Attention Mesdames et Messieurs (Attention, ladies and gentlemen, 1972)
• Chante (Sing, 1973)
• Jusqu'à demain peut-être (Until tomorrow maybe, 1973)
• La fête (The celebration, 1973)
• Bravo Monsieur le Monde (Bravo, mister World, 1973)
• Tout va changer (Everything is going to change, 1973)
• Les gentils, les méchants (Good people, bad people, 1973)
• Les Acadiens (The Acadians, 1975)
• Ring et Ding (Ring and ding, 1976)
• Le chiffon rouge (The red rag, 1977)
• Des rêves et du vent (Dreams and wind, 1988)
• Viva La Vida (Spanish title which means Live life, 1988)
• Où s'en vont (Where do they go, 1989)

Bibliography

• Des rires et une larme (Paris, 2007)

References

1. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html

External links

• (French) Michel Fugain's official Web site
• "Une Belle Histoire" by Michel Fugain played on chromatic harmonica
• Biography of Michel Fugain, from Radio France Internationale