FLOW Videos : Alain Bashung - Live Olympia 2008
French singer (1947–2009) June 2024 Infobox musical artist | background = person | name = Alain Bashung | image = BASHUNG Alain-24x30-2007.jpg | alt = black-and-white close-up of Alain Bashung wearing a dark shirt, looking intently just right of camera | caption = Bashung in 2007 | birth_name = Alain Claude Baschung | birth_date = Birth date|1947/12/01| | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = Death date and age|2009/03/14|1947/12/01| | death_place = Paris, France | genre = flatlist| *Rock music|Rock *chansoncite web https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alain-bashung-mn0000620759/biography Alain Bashung biography AllMusic John Bush 17 April 2020 | occupation = flatlist| *Singer *songwriter *actor 1966–2009 | label = Barclay Records|Barclay | website = ''Alain Bashung'' (born ''Alain Claude Baschung'', IPA|fr|alɛ̃ klod baʃuŋ; 1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil",Cite news https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/may/12/alain-bashung-obituary-french-singer-composer Obituary: Alain Bashung O'Connor Patrick 12 May 2009|work=The Guardian 2 May 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077 he is often regarded as the most important French rock musician after Serge Gainsbourg.Cite web https://purple.fr/diary/alain-bashung-died-saturday-early-afternoon-at-saint-joseph-hospital-in-paris-after-a-2-year-fight-against-a-lung-cancer/ Alain Bashung died Saturday early afternoon at Saint-Joseph Hospital in Paris, after a 2-year fight against a lung cancer. - purple DIARY 15 March 2009 Purple2 May 2019 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 records from the 1990s onward, such as "Osez Joséphine", "Ma petite entreprise" and "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 victories obtained throughout his career. Bashung's ''Play blessures'' (1982, ''Osez Joséphine'' (1991, and ''Fantaisie militaire'' (1998) have made multiple French lists of the greatest albums. ''L'Imprudence'' (2002) and ''Bleu pétrole'' (2008, the last two studio albums released during his lifetime, also garnered acclaim.Cite book https://books.google.com/books?id=VJ9fDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 An Anthology of French and Francophone Singers from A to Z: "Singin' in French" Abecassis Michaël 11 June 2018 Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=9781527512054|pages=49|language=en Bashung died at 61 after a two-year fight with lung cancer.