Alain Chamfort

The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are middle of the road and rock music. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

• Name — Alain Chamfort • Birth Name — Alain Joseph Yves Le Govic • Birthplace — Paris, France • Born — 2 March 1949 • Occupation — * Singer • composer • actor • Years Active — 1966–present • Website — alain-chamfort.com

Chamfort was a promising pianist in his youth, and the piano became his instrument of choice. His first band The Dreamers had minor success as a repertory jazz outfit, and was followed by a typically sixties rock music group Murator. Chamfort met famed writer and producer Jacques Dutronc, who proposed to help him with future works for television and film, and it is with Dutronc that Chamfort's career expanded. After being discovered by Dutronc, it was with Claude François and ultimately Serge Gainsbourg that he made a number of albums, including his first album recorded as Alain Chamfort: Poses (Alain Chamfort album). A single from the album, "Manureva" remains one of the most famous songs to date by Chamfort, whose subject is the yacht Manureva which disappeared with her skipper Alain Colas in 1978. Chamfort composed for the cinema; he worked with Jean-Pierre Mocky and with Arnaud Sélignac. As an actor, he appeared in the short Men/Toys/Girl in 2001. In 2004, he became a member of the board of directors of SACEM.

• L'amour en France (1974, Flèche) • Mariage à l'essai (1976, CBS) • Rock'n Rose (1977, CBS) • Poses (1979, CBS) • Amour, année zéro (1981, CBS) • Secrets glacés (1983, CBS) • Tendres fièvres (1986, CBS) • Trouble (1990, CBS) • Neuf (1993, Epic) • Personne n'est Parfait (1997, Epic) • Le Plaisir (2003, Delabel) • Une vie Saint Laurent (2010, Tessland) • Elles & Lui (2012, Mercury) • Alain Chamfort (2015, PIAS) • Le Désordre des choses (2018, PIAS) • L'Impermanence (2024, BMG, Tessland)

• Double Vie (1988, CBS) • Impromptu Dans Les Jardins Du Luxembourg (2005, XIII Bis) • Symphonique dandy (2021, Tessland) (recorded without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

• Ce N'est Que Moi (2000, Epic) 1977–2000 • Le Chemin Est Le Bonheur 1976–2006 (2006, XIII Bis) 1976–2005 • Le meilleur d'Alain Chamfort (versions originales) (2016, PIAS) • Le meilleur d'Alain Chamfort (versions revisitées) (2016, PIAS) • Temps forts (2025, BMG, Tessland)

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1993 — Une femme pour moi — Guillaume — Telefilm • 2001 — Men/Toys/Girl — The player — Short • 2008 — Écrire pour un chanteur — A man — TV series • 2013 — Games of Clouds & Rain — Simon • 2015 — Les Châteaux de sable — Éléonore's father

Alain Chamfort is recorded with the occupation recording artist. Classed in the genre middle of the road. Classed in the genre rock music. Recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.