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David Koven
The French vocalist David Koven was born as "David Cohen" in Oujda, Morocco, on
December 30, 1955. His music proved to be as diverse as his upbringing, with
Koven creating a uniquely genre-jumping sound influenced by Brazilian music,
soul, funk, Latin American music, and pop. His debut album, Jade, was released
in 1983 and featured the singles "Samba Maria" and "Charlie Turquoise." Albums
like Été Torride (1985) and Soul (1988) followed, and Koven enjoyed a resurgence
of success on the French charts during the late-1980s with the single "Marvin,"
which found him paying tribute to...
