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Emblematic french singer from the 80’s, Daniel Balavoine (1952-1986) participated in the first Starmania rock-show (later played in the USA as ‘Tycoon’) and wrote many popular songs that shook the french youth during his time, such as Le Chanteur, L’Aziza, Sauver l’amour …

Very engaged in the civil society, he was singing and living the lust for life, the hopes and doubts of his generation, often clashing with politicians, elites, and older generations. He is especially famous for a tense debate about the struggles, hopes and doubts of the french youth, with the then first secretary of the french socialist party -Francois Miterrand-, who was then elected twice as president of the French republic. Later he also had problems in a misunderstood verbal clash about the french veterans.

Daniel Balavoine loved Africa and this transpires in many of his songs. He dedicated himself to humanitarian projects and took part in the Paris-Dakar rallye two times. The third time he took part only for humanitarian reasons. On the 14th january 1986, around 8pm, his helicopter crashed between Mali and Burkina-Faso, killing all five passengers, putting an end to his career, and leaving behind his pregnant wife Corine and his son Jeremy.

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  • LunaSea15

    Grand artiste, grand bonhomme. On n'en fait plus des comme ça aujourd'hui...

    22 Apr 2:26am Reply
  • TheFrenchJerk

    J'aimerais mieux être un oiseauuuuuu.

    30 Mar 10:48pm Reply
  • Puppy-Love

    Grand chanteur talentueux, grand homme aux convictions nobles et humanistes... parti trop tôt.

    18 Jun 2012 Reply
  • Galaxiestarwars

    il à débuté dans le groupe présence en 1971.

    1 Jan 2012 Reply
  • juliendu48

    Merry Christmas :D

    25 Dec 2010 Reply
  • gregcobra

    Je ne suis pas fan mais "Tous les cris les SOS" est vraiment excellente !

    12 Dec 2010 Reply
  • Soakupthegirls

    Un artiste qui mérite une place au même niveau que Goldman ou Farmer à mon sens, irremplaçable.

    24 Jul 2010 Reply
  • molkoqueen

    je l'adore!

    14 Jul 2010 Reply
  • jrouby

    Et cette voix !

    15 Jun 2010 Reply
  • Kershlaus91

    Tous les cris les SOS, elle est géniale cette musique, que d'énergie !

    26 Apr 2010 Reply
  • ricou74

    Trop excellent tout simplement ! ça fait du bien aux tympans...

    5 Mar 2010 Reply
  • foxriver84

    ça c'était de la musique !

    8 Jan 2010 Reply
  • ttjohnny

    ah oui ça

    13 Dec 2009 Reply
  • kennethross

    Genius!!!

    20 Nov 2009 Reply
  • paillus

    Seulement 12 shouts sur la page ? Il est mort un an avant ma naissance mais j'ai grandi avec sa musique (merci papa, maman). Il a le don de provoquer un mélange de joie et de tristesse quand j'écoute ses chansons. Ses textes, sa voix... en voilà un artiste, un vrai.

    18 Nov 2009 Reply
  • Aserikoth

    @jovenka51 -> Tu dis que mes goûts sont de la "connerie" et après tu parles de "respect des goûts d'autrui"? Lol? @vlov -> J'ai pas compris quoi, concrètement?

    12 Aug 2009 Reply
  • m-salami

    il a manqué plus d'une occasion de se taire... -_-

    12 Aug 2009 Reply
  • karamel135

    Il est parti trop tôt ce grand Artiste ! Je l'adore !!

    17 Apr 2009 Reply
  • Bayou16

    inoubliable.

    4 Mar 2009 Reply
  • doceasubio

    <<<<<<<<<

    10 Nov 2008 Reply
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