Art Mengo

Michel Armengot (born 16 September 1962), more commonly known as Art Mengo, is a French singer and songwriter. Although he was born in the Occitan city of Toulouse in France, he is of Spanish descent.

Early life Mengo was born approximately 70% deaf. Despite this handicap, his mother gave him a keyboard, which set him on his future career. When he was a teenager, corrective surgery on his ears helped him regain his hearing. Music, however, was not Mengo's first career plan: after completing his baccalauréat, Mengo studied chemistry and physics at university. His music quickly became popular, and by 1992 he was asked to write a song for French superstar Johnny Hallyday, "". In 1993, he wrote an entire album for German singer Ute Lemper. He performed the song "" with Ute on this album.

Discography

Studio albums

(1990, CBS) (1992, Columbia) (1995, Columbia) (1998, Columbia) (2003, Polydor) (2006, Polydor) (2012, 9311861)

Live albums Live Au Mandala (1998, Columbia)

Compilation (2001, Columbia) 1990–1998