Serge Gainsbourg

Brief notes:. It also ran as a Great Performances special on PBS. In 2003, she wrote and recorded "La Chanson de Gainsbourg" as a tribute to the composer of some of her biggest hits. On November 30, 2004, his second live DVD, Live at the Greek, was released. One of the most frequent interpreters of Gainsbourg's songs was British singer Petula Clark, whose success in France was propelled by her recordings of his tunes. Both of Groban's albums were produced by David Foster, released under Foster's 143 Records and distributed by Warner Music. His home at the well-known address 5bis rue de Verneuil is still totally covered by grafitti and poems. On November 11, 2003, his second album Closer was released.

Gainsbourg died on March 2, 1991 of a heart-attack and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery, in Paris. The following month, he performed "To Where You Are" and "The Prayer" at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, and joined The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Sting, Lionel Richie and others for a holiday performance at the Vatican in Rome. The title of the latter demonstrates Gainsbourg's love of word play, which could sometimes be painful "Bowie, Bah Oui". On February 24, 2002, Groban performed "The Prayer" with Charlotte Church at the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, and in November, Groban had his own PBS special Josh Groban In Concert (2002). His songs became increasingly eccentric, ranging from the anti-drug "Les Enfants de la Chance" to the questionable duet with Charlotte "Lemon Incest". On November 20, 2001, his self-titled debut album Josh Groban was released and over the next year, his album went from gold to double-platinum. Towards the end of his life, Gainsbourg became a regular feature on French talk shows, with perhaps the most famous outburst coming when he told Whitney Houston "I want to fuck you". The character of Malcolm Wyatt was so popular that Groban was asked to come back the next season to reprise his role.

During this period he released Love On The Beat and his last studio album You're Under Arrest, as well as two live recordings. Kelley had been impressed at the 1999 Gray Davis inauguration and based on the audience reaction to Groban's singing, Kelley wrote a similar scene in this finale. During this last decade he made a lot of TV appearances devoted to his controversial sense of humour and provocation. The series creator David E. Next year saw him in the new look of Gainsbarre officially introduced in the song "Ecce Homo". In May 2001, Groban played the role of Malcolm Wyatt in the season finale of the television series Ally McBeal, performing "You're Still You" and "To Where You Are" from his debut album. He was able to reply to his critics that his version was in fact closer to the original as the manuscript clearly shows the words "Aux armes et cætera..." for the chorus. He performed with Sarah Brightman on her 2000-2001 La Luna Tour, and made his recording debut by singing "For Always" with Lara Fabian on the movie soundtrack to A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001).

Shortly afterwards, Gainsbourg bought the original manuscript of La Marseillaise. Records through Foster's own 143 Records imprint. This song earned him death threats from right wing veterans of the Algerian War of Independence. Accepted into the theater department at Carnegie Mellon University, Groban left after his freshman year, when he was offered a recording contract at Warner Bros. In 1978 he recorded a reggae version of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", "Aux Armes et cetera" in Jamaica, with Bob Marley's band, The Wailers. Groban worked for Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of high-profile events, including the 1999 Grammy Awards -- where, as a stand-in for Andrea Bocelli, he rehearsed Foster's "The Prayer" with Céline Dion -- and the January 1999 inauguration of Gray Davis as governor of California. Next year saw the release of another major work L'Homme à la Tête de Chou (Cabbage-Head Man) featuring Marilou as a new character and somptuous orchestral themes. In late 1998, the 17-year-old Groban was introduced by his vocal coach to Grammy-winning producer/arranger David Foster.

Serge had worn the yellow star as a child in Paris. In 1997 and 1998, Groban attended the Interlochen Arts Program, majoring in musical theater. In 1975, he released the album Rock Around the Bunker the only rock album entirely written on the subject of the Nazis, recalling with black humour of how he and his family suffered during World War II. Known for his unique low-tenor voice and good looks, his musical style ranges from classical to pop. It has proven exceptionally influential with artists such as Air, David Holmes and Beck. Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer. This concept-album arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier was mainly based on Nabokov's novel Lolita. Listen to You Raise Me Up (Opens in Windows Media Player) (http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/joshgroban_youraisemeup_audio_128-a.asx).

His most influential work Histoire de Melody Nelson was released in 1971. Official Josh Groban Website (http://www.joshgroban.com). 1 in the UK chart. IMDb.com profile: Josh Groban (http://imdb.com/name/nm1169011/). Its notoriety led to it reaching no. Considered too "hot", the song was censored in various countries and in France even the toned-down version was suppressed.

Originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot, it was released with a different female singer, future girlfriend Jane Birkin, when Bardot backed out. moi non plus, was vocally very erotic. His most famous song, Je t'aime.. moi non plus, Equateur, Charlotte For Ever and Stan The Flasher.

He directed himself four movies : Je t'aime.. During his career, he wrote the soundtracks for more than 40 movies. Gainsbourg wanted to break free from old-fashioned chanson and explore new musical grounds, influenced by British and American pop. His early songs were influenced by Boris Vian.

moi non plus. Je t'aime.. Lemon Incest. Les Sucettes.