Michel Jonasz (born 21 January 1947 in
Drancy, France) is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor. His compositions include: ''La boîte de jazz'', ''Joueurs de blues'' and ''Les vacances au bord de la mer''.
Born of
Hungarian immigrant parents, Michel Jonasz left school at the age of 15 to find his way in the arts. Painting, theatre and music interested him, but he began his artistic career as a pianist. After working with both Vigon and The Lemons, in 1966 he created the band King Set with his friend, the guitarist
Alain Goldstein.
Two radio successes made his voice and his talent for rhythm known: an original composition, ''Apesanteur'' (Weightlessness), in 1967, and ''Jezebel'' in 1968.
His solo career began slowly with a single ("45t") at the end of 1968 under the name of Michel Kingset, the next in 1970 under his own name. He had to wait until 1974 to find a large audience with two simultaneous hits ("tubes"): ''Dites-Moi'' and ''Super Nana''.
Filmography
* 2005 : ''
Dalida
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'' directed by
Joyce Buñuel
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Biography
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* 2008 : ''
Les hauts murs'' directed by
Christian Faure
* 2016 : ''
Dieumerci !
''Dieumerci!'' is a 2016 French comedy directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste.
Cast
* Lucien Jean-Baptiste as Dieumerci
* Baptiste Lecaplain as Clément
* Delphine Théodore as Brigitte
* Olivier Sitruk as Marc
* Firmine Richard as Marie-Thérèse
* ...
'' directed by
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
* 2017 : ''
Il a déjà tes yeux'' directed by
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
External links
Official Michel Jonasz Site (in French)*
1947 births
Living people
French people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
French male singers
French singer-songwriters
French male singer-songwriters
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