Jean-Jacques Goldman

Born: 1951-10-10

Jean-Jacques Goldman (born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French pop rock act. Born in Paris and active in the music scene since 1975, he had a highly successful solo career in the 1980s, and was part of the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones, releasing another string of hits in the 1990s. He also wrote successful albums and songs for many artists, including D'eux for Céline Dion, which is the most successful French language record to date. He was also part of the Les Enfoirés charity collective from 1986 to 2016, and got his most notable official recognition in the English-speaking world for winning a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997, as a co-author of three tracks on Céline Dion's Falling into You. Despite a voluntary retirement from the music scene in the early 2000s, he remains highly appreciated and influential in France. Born in Paris to an immigrant Polish Jewish father, Alter Mojze Goldman (born in Lublin) and a German Jewish mother, Ruth Ambrunn (born in Munich), Jean-Jacques Goldman was the third of four children. As a child, he began his music studies on the violin, then the piano. In 1968, he abandoned his classical music studies for "American Rock & Roll" as well as folk music, listening to The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix or Aretha Franklin, and emphasizing the guitar. He also earned a business degree from the École des hautes études commerciales du Nord, commonly known as EDHEC, in Lille. In 1972, he met Catherine, his first wife, with whom he had three children. He first entered the French music scene as a member of a progressive rock group named Taï Phong ("great wind", "typhoon" in Vietnamese), which released its first album in 1975. Their first song to be a moderate hit was "Sister Jane". After three albums in English (on which he sang and played guitar as well as violin), Goldman was determined to write and sing in French, which led him to leave the band. ... Source: Article "Jean-Jacques Goldman" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

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Released: 2005-11-25

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Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

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Released: 1998-02-07

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Jean-Jacques Goldman : Un tour ensemble

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Released: 2003-11-03

Songs performed during the concert: 1. Je marche seul 2. Répétitions 3. Nos mains 4. Petite...

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Céline Dion : une voix, un destin

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Released: 2021-11-16

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Integrale des Clips 1981/2000

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Released: 2000-06-12

20 years of clips where one finds pleasure intact with titles such as Je marche seul, Elle a...

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Solidarité inondations

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Released: 2003-04-22

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Céline Dion : Au cœur du Stade

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Released: 1999-08-30

'Celine au coeur du stade' was recorded at the Stade de France in Paris, during Celine's two...

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Du new Morning au Zenith

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Released: 2000-11-27

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Goldman, un héros si discret

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Released: 2016-10-11

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Comment tournent les violons : Jean-Jacques Goldman

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Released: 2004-11-27

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Le Grand Échiquier

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First aired: 1972-01-12

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First aired: 1985-11-23

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First aired: 1985-11-23

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First aired: 1985-11-23

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Vivement dimanche

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First aired: 1998-09-20

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Champs-Elysées

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First aired: 1982-01-16

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Champs-Elysées

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First aired: 1982-01-16

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Midi Première

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First aired: 1975-01-06

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

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First aired: 2022-12-21

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Les Nuls, l'émission

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First aired: 1990-10-13

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Taratata

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First aired: 1993-01-10

Taratata was a French TV show showcasing live and pre-recorded footage of current rock acts....

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Stars 90

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First aired: 1990-09-03

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Star Academy

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First aired: 2001-10-20

Star Academy is a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol. It...

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