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Serge Gainsbourg

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Serge Gainsbourg was the dirty old man of popular music; a French singer/songwriter and provocateur notorious for his voracious appetite for alcohol, cigarettes, and women, his scandalous, taboo-shattering output made him a legend in Europe but only a cult figure in America, where his lone hit "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus" stalled on the pop charts — fittingly enough — at number 69.

Born Lucien Ginzberg in Paris on April 2, 1928, his parents were Russian Jews who fled to France following the events of the 1917 Bolshevik uprising. After studying art and teaching, he turned to painting before working as a bar pianist on the local cabaret circuit. Soon he was tapped to join the cast of the musical Milord L'Arsoille, where he reluctantly assumed a singing role; self-conscious about his rather homely appearance, Gainsbourg initially wanted only to carve out a niche as a composer and producer, not as a performer.

Still, he made his recording debut in 1958 with the album Du Chant a la Une; while strong efforts like 1961's L'Etonnant Serge Gainsbourg and 1964's Gainsbourg Confidentiel followed, his jazz-inflected solo work performed poorly on the charts, although compositions for vocalists ranging from Petula Clark to Juliette Greco to Dionne Warwick proved much more successful. In the late '60s, he befriended the actress Brigitte Bardot, and later became her lover; with Bardot as his muse, Gainsbourg's lushly arranged music suddenly became erotic and delirious, and together, they performed a series of duets — including "Bonnie and Clyde," "Harley Davidson," and "Comic Strip" — celebrating pop culture icons.

Gainsbourg's affair with Bardot was brief, but its effects were irrevocable: after he became involved with constant companion Jane Birkin, they recorded the 1969 duet "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus," a song he originally penned for Bardot complete with steamy lyrics and explicit heavy breathing. Although banned in many corners of the globe, it reached the top of the charts throughout Europe, and grew in stature to become an underground classic later covered by performers ranging from Donna Summer to Ray Conniff.

Gainsbourg returned in 1971 with Histoire de Melody Nelson, a dark, complex song cycle which signalled his increasing alienation from modern culture: drugs, disease, suicide and misanthropy became thematic fixtures of his work, which grew more esoteric, inflammatory, and outrageous with each passing release. Although Gainsbourg never again reached the commercial success of his late-'60s peak, he remained an imposing and controversial figure throughout Europe, where he was both vilified and celebrated for his shocking behavior, which included burning 500 francs on a live television broadcast and recording a reggae version of the sacred "La Marseillaise."

Gainsbourg also created a furor with the single "Lemon Incest," a duet with his daughter, the actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. In addition, he posed in drag for the cover of 1984's Love on the Beat, a collection of songs about male hustlers, and made sexual advances towards Whitney Houston on a live TV broadcast. Along with his pop music oeuvre, Gainsbourg scored a number of films, and also directed and appeared in a handful of features, most notably 1976's Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus, which starred Birkin and Andy Warhol mainstay Joe Dallesandro. He died on March 2, 1991.

Title: In Growth

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Title: Follow Me

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Title: At High Altitude

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: Big Rock

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Title: Ronsard 58

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Folk

Title: Waiting For Xmas

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Jazz

Title: Sunflower

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Title: Les Origines

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Pop

Title: Spring Awakening

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Jazz

Title: Joker

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: By Water

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: №2

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Pop, Acoustic

Title: The Plan

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: Sailing

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Jazz

Title: Navigator

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: Sheer Off

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: The Last Meal

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Jazz

Title: Freedom Loving

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Jazz

Title: Funny Chap

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: Scenic Flight

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: Get Faster

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: Headman

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Title: Summer Cocktail

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock

Title: Congo Explorer

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Jazz

Title: Fast

Artist: Serge Gainsbourg

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Collections

Title: Lady Burlesque

Genre: Pop

Title: Love Dreams, Vol. 1

Genre: Pop

Title: France, Vol. 2

Genre: Pop

Title: French Stars Vol 2

Genre: Jazz

Featuring albums

Title: Sotavento EP

Artist: San Leon

Genre: Pop

Title: Salut les copains

Artist: Brigitte Bardot

Genre: Rock, Pop

Title: Best Of 70

Artist: Jane Birkin

Genre: World Music, Pop

Title: Deck Safari CD1

Artist: Air

Genre: Electronica, Rock

Title: Deck Safari CD4

Artist: Air

Genre: Downtempo, Synth Pop

Title: Paris

Artist: Eddy Mitchell

Genre: World Music

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