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Alain Bashung

While his rise to stardom wasn’t immediate, French musician and actor Alain Bashung got there eventually, and landed four Number One albums and picked up numerous awards and honors along the way. Born Alain Baschung in Paris on December 1, 1947, Bashung grew up in the countryside, where he began performing regionally as a young adult, and eventually dropped the "C" from his surname. One of his first professional performances was in the 1973 rock opera La Revolution Française, where he originated the role of Robespierre. His first album, 1977’s Roman-photos, didn’t make much of...