Alain Bashung

Alain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil", he is often regarded in his home country as the most important French rock musician after Serge Gainsbourg. 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.

1 December 1947

Born on the same birth date (1 December 1947): Bob Fulton

Born on the same birth day (1 December): Christos Melissis • Eligiusz Niewiadomski • Hilda Melander • Louis VI of France • Michael Raffl • Mihály Vörösmarty • Nikolai Voznesensky • Ross Edwards (cricketer) • Sophia Skou • Tomáš Tatar

Born in the same month (December 1947): Allan Jones (cricketer) • Anne Fine • Bill Rodgers (runner) • Bruce Golding • Gérard Blanc • Jim Plunkett • Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa • Miroslav Vitouš • Paco de Lucía • Rasul Guliyev • Richard Levis McCormick • Rudy Fernandez (triathlete) • Thomas Cech • Tony Gregory