Alain Chamfort

Alain Chamfort (; born Alain Joseph Yves Le Govic; 2 March 1949) is a French singer of Breton origin.

Life and career Chamfort was a promising pianist in his youth, and the piano became his instrument of choice. His first band The Dreamers had minor success as a repertory jazz outfit, and was followed by a typically sixties rock music group Murator.

Chamfort met famed writer and producer Jacques Dutronc, who proposed to help him with future works for television and film, and it is with Dutronc that Chamfort's career expanded. After being discovered by Dutronc, it was with Claude François and ultimately Serge Gainsbourg that he made a number of albums, including his first album recorded as Alain Chamfort: . A single from the album, "Manureva" remains one of the most famous songs to date by Chamfort, whose subject is the yacht Manureva which disappeared with her skipper Alain Colas in 1978.

Chamfort composed for the cinema; he worked with Jean-Pierre Mocky and with Arnaud Sélignac. As an actor, he appeared in the short Men/Toys/Girl in 2001. In 2004, he became a member of the board of directors of SACEM.

Discography

Studio albums L'amour en France (1974, Flèche) (1976, CBS) Rock'n Rose (1977, CBS) Poses (1979, CBS) Amour, année zéro (1981, CBS) Secrets glacés (1983, CBS) Tendres fièvres (1986, CBS) Trouble (1990, CBS) Neuf (1993, Epic) Personne n'est Parfait (1997, Epic) Le Plaisir (2003, Delabel) Une vie Saint Laurent (2010, Tessland) Elles & Lui (2012, Mercury) Alain Chamfort (2015, PIAS) Le Désordre des choses (2018, PIAS) L'Impermanence (2024, BMG, Tessland)

Live albums Double Vie (1988, CBS) Impromptu Dans Les Jardins Du Luxembourg (2005, XIII Bis) Symphonique dandy (2021, Tessland) (recorded without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Compilations Ce N'est Que Moi (2000, Epic) 1977–2000 Le Chemin Est Le Bonheur 1976–2006 (2006, XIII Bis) 1976–2005 Le meilleur d'Alain Chamfort (versions originales) (2016, PIAS) Le meilleur d'Alain Chamfort (versions revisitées) (2016, PIAS) Temps forts (2025, BMG, Tessland)

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1993 Une femme pour moi Guillaume Telefilm 2001 Men/Toys/Girl The player Short 2008 Écrire pour un chanteur A man TV series 2013 Games of Clouds & Rain Simon 2015 Les Châteaux de sableÉléonore's father