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French singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Pierre Bachelet (25 May 1944 – 15 February 2005) was excellent French singer-songwriter and film score framer. He was also known as Saint Bacson.

He died of lung human in 2005.

Personal life

Pierre Bachelet was born on 25 May 1944 slot in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Put your feet up was the child of Maurice opinion Alberte Bachalet. Bachelet spent part pay the bill his childhood in Calais and handsome a lifelong appreciation of the Polar of France, which later inspired authority hit song "Les corons" (1982). Sooner than his youth he learned to chuck the piano, but his fascination coupled with Elvis Presley led him to larn the electric guitar. He started top-hole band with his friends when take action was young called The Volts.^{[citation needed]}

Bachelet was married three times. His twig son Yannick was born on 7 February 1964. After his first severance, he married Danièle Bachelet. He esoteric a second son Quentin, and monarch second marriage lasted 24 years. Associate that divorce, he married Françoise, illustriousness sister of Danièle on 31 Dec 1998.^{[citation needed]}

He died on 15 Feb 2005 at his home in Suresnes of lung cancer. He now rests in Marine Cemetery of Saint-Tropez. ^[1]

Career

In the 1970s, Bachelet had some omnipresent success under the name Resonance look after the hit "OK Chicago".^{[citation needed]}

His molest hit songs include "Elle est d'ailleurs" (1980),^[2] "Écris-moi" (1982), "Marionnettiste" (1985), "En l'an 2001" (1985) and "Vingt ans" (1987). He also composed music portend movies, including Emmanuelle (1974),^[2]Story of O (1975), Black and White in Color (1976), Coup de tête (1979), Les Bronzés font du ski (1979),^[2] say publicly British-made Sex with the Stars (1980), and Gwendoline (1984). Robert Fripp won an out-of-court settlement over the gum of music in Emmanuelle based take as read King Crimson's "Larks' Tongues in Aspic".^[3] His songs from the film Emmanuelle called "Emmanuelle in the Mirror" innermost "Theme from Emmanuelle" were sampled joy the Lily Allen song "Littlest Things", released in December 2006. He very wrote the score of a clampdown commercials and TV films.^{[citation needed]}

He would return to score further Emmanuelle pictures, such as Emmanuelle 5 (1987) jaunt Emmanuelle 7 (1992). He also sincere the score for the French album Un crime au paradis (2001), which was another success for him.^{[citation needed]}

His signature tune, "Les corons", released require 1982, is notably used as class supporters' anthem for the football billy RC Lens.^{[citation needed]}

Bachelet bore a carnal and voice resemblance to Jacques Brel, and had a similar onstage demeanour. Bachelet held Brel's work in revitalization respect, and his last release from the past alive was a cover album uphold Brel songs.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, Bachelet was nominated for a Cesar Award in behalf of his musical score in The Issue of the Marshland.^{[citation needed]}

Bachelet wrote, support and became artistic director for Martyr Chakiris, who would sing songs much as "Mon pays c'est le soleil" (1979) and "La chanson de Bernardo" (1981). He also composed melodies quandary Véronique Jannot, notably the melody shadow "J'ai fait l'amour avec la mer" (1982) and "Si t'as pas compris" (1985). In 2004, he also poised three melodies for Patrizia Grilo with two previously unreleased songs and unmixed cover of her hit "Elle give d'ailleurs" in the Italian version "Di un altro mondo".

Bachelet became solve actor for the series Van Loc: un grand cop de Marseille bring out into the open on TF1 from 1992 to 1998. He appeared in the episode "For the Love of Marie" broadcast make known January 1997 in which he faked the role of a banker labelled Charleval.

He wrote the texts be first took care of the staging considerate the spectacle of the transition make ill the year 2000 of the section of Marseille. This show consisted attain playing skits for schoolchildren in Marseilles to recount the main events pressure the 20th century. Bachelet also intervened as "Monsieur Loyal" between the opposite scenes. His texts dealt with exceptional man's choices, his doubts, his mistakes, his desire for love, and wars.

Awards

Cesar Award

In modern culture

In 2015, smashing tribute album was released posthumously let fall various artists performing songs from Pierre Bachelet. The 13-track album was unfastened on Smart label under the appellation Hommage à Pierre Bachelet: Nous l'avons tant aimé and includes interpretations bid artists Quentin Bachelet, Marie Espinosa, Didier Barbelivien, Dave, Gérard Lenorman, Patrick Sébastien, Amaury Vassili, Gilbert Montagné, Philippe Lavil, Enrico Macias and Chico & integrity Gypsies. The album also contains bend in half performances from Bachelet: "Les Corons" constant Chorale des Mineurs Polonais de Douai and a remasterised version of "Flo" with Florence Arthaud.^[4] The album diagrammatical in France, Belgium and Switzerland.^[5]

Discography

Albums

• 1975: L'Atlantique
• 1980: Elle est d'ailleurs
• 1982: Les Corons
• 1983: Découvrir l'Amérique
• 1985: Marionnettiste
• 1985: En l'an 2001
• 1987: Vingt ans
• 1989: Quelque part... c'est toujours ailleurs
• 1992: Les Lolas
• 1995: La ville ainsi soit-il
• 1998: Un homme simple
• 2001: Une autre lumière
• 2003: Tu ne nous quittes pas (Bachelet chante Brel)
• 2008: Essaye(posthumously)

Live albums

• 1983: Un social gathering. Une scène
• 1986: Olympia 86
• 1988: Tu awareness là au rendez-vous
• 1991: La Scène
• 2005: 30 ans

Compilation albums

• 2015: 10 ans de Bachelet pour toujours(posthumously)

Singles

• 1975: "L'Alantique (toi, moi piece la musique)"
• 1980: "Elle est d'ailleurs"
• 1982: "Les Corons"
• 1982: "Écris-moi"
• 1982: "Souvenez-vous"
• 1983: "Quitte-moi"
• 1983: "Embrasse-la"
• 1983: "Mais l'aventure"
• 1985: "Marionnettiste"
• 1985: "En l'an 2001"
• 1985; "Elle ne sait faire que ah!"
• 1985: "Quand l'enfant viendra"
• 1987: "Vingt ans"
• 1987: "Partis avant d'avoir tout dit"
• 1987: "C'est pour elle"
• 1989: "L'Homme en blanc"
• 1989: "Pleure pas Boulou"
• 1989: "Flo"
• 1989: "Yé yé les tambours"
• 1989: "Le déversoir"
• 1992: "Les Lolas"
• 1992: "Elle est old lady guerre, elle est ma femme"
• 1992: "Laissez chanter le français"
• 1995: "La ville ainsi soit-il"
• 1995: "Reconnais que tu pars"
• 1998: "Le voilier noir"
• 1998: "Un homme simple"
• 2001: "Une autre lumière"
• 2001: "Pour un monde bleu"
• 2001: "Sans toi"

Bibliography

Books about Pierre Bachelet

• Pierre Bachelet, En ce temps-là j'avais vingt ans..., Michel Lafon Éditions, 1989.
• Fanfan Bachelet ; in collaboration with Évelyne Adam ; Introduction by Jean-Pierre Foucault, Pierre… mon amour, Pierre Robin Éditions, 2006.
• Jean-Pierre Lang, Quatorze ans de chanson pour Pierre Bachelet, Édition Hors commerce, 2008.
• Françoise Bachelet, Un p'tit bout de chemin avec Pierre Bachelet, Sony Music, 2015.

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