Vincent Baguian, born Vincent Pambaguian ( in

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), 21 October 1962 in Saint-Ouen,Vincent Baguian. In
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Biography

Baguian's parents were both civil servants in the PTT, and at 18 he began to work as a runner in an

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where he became a director-editor, notably for albums by

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. At the same time, he began a career as a singer: in 1991, he recorded his first album, ''Triste'', which sold 71 copies. More success came in 1996 with ''Pas mal'', and particularly with ''Mes chants'' in 2000, a collection of caustic and poetic songs, full of

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s. In 2007 came the album ''Ce soir, c'est moi qui fais la fille''. Vincent Baguian is a friend of the singer

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, for whom he has written many songs, and opened many concerts. They have recorded duets such as ''Simple comme bonjour'' (on ''Mes chants''), and ''Je ne t'aime pas'' (on '' Ze Live !!'' by Zazie). They also worked together on the musical

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'' Sol En Cirque'' (2003) for the anti-AIDS

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. Vincent Baguian is also the author of many songs on the album ''Je ne mâche pas les mots'' (2006) by

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. He also wrote the musical comedies ''

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'', '' 1789 : Les Amants de la Bastille'', '' Mistinguett, reine des années folles'' and ''

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Discography

* ''Triste'' (1991) * ''Pas mal'' (1996) (Cargo/Columbia) * ''Mes chants'' (2000) (Columbia) * ''Ce soir c'est moi qui fais la fille'' (2007) (Mercury)

Notes and references

External links

Taratata page

Myspace of Vincent Baguian
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