Born Alain Édouard Kienast in Casablanca, Morocco, on May 27, 1944, songwriter,
musician and performer Alain Souchon is one of the most influential figures in
French chanson, and one of its finest pens. The son of an English teacher, whom
he lost at the age of eighteen, and a book author, he grew up in Paris and
worked in London for a year before composing his first songs, performing in bars
on the Left Bank and signing his first contract with Pathé-Marconi. After a
45-turn single, he won the Rose d'or d'Antibes competition and switched to RCA,
which introduced him to Laurent Vou...