Michel Jonasz
Michel Jonasz ( born January 21, 1947 in Drancy ) is a French singer, songwriter and actor.
Life
He was born to Hungarian immigrants. He had first plate successes in 1967 in France with his band Le King set, the breakthrough came in 1974 with his first LP (together with Alain Goldstein and Frank Thomas ) with titles like Super Nana and Dites -moi. In the following years he rose with titles such as Les vacances au bord de la mer (1975 ) and Je voulais te dire que je t'attends (1976 ) on the first division of the French-speaking musicians. Numerous awards ( golden and platinum records ), tours in France - with a week-long occupation of Paris Olympia -, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Morocco and Canada made him known beyond France. To date, he has more than 25 albums / CDs and published in several films (for example: Le tango des Rashevski, 2002) played.
In the early years was his preferred music of French pop charts, but even with relatively sophisticated, even literary texts. Today his music is a mix of pop, jazz and blues, has always had a great fascination for him. In Germany he is virtually unknown.
Discography (selection)
- Les années 80 comme cent - 1980
- Tristesse - 1984
- Soul Music Airlines - 1996
- Où vont les rêves - 2002
- Michel Jonasz - 2005
- Chanson française - 2007
- Les hommes sont toujours des enfants - 2011