Jacques Higelin

Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin 18 October 1940 6 April 2018 was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s Higelin was born on 18 October 1940 His father Paul a railway worker and musician of Alsatian descent introduced his two sons to various forms of music while his mother Renée of Belgian descent raised them both Higelins entertainment career began at age 14 when he left school to work as a stunt double While playing a number of minor roles in motion pictures Higelin was taught to play the guitar by Henri Crolla a FrenchItalian jazz guitarist and a composer of film scores By the early 1960s Higelin was attending the René Simon drama school where he won the François Perier award For two years beginning in 1961 Higelin served in the French military in various countries Upon returning to France he resumed his film career but increasingly began to focus on music By the end of the decade he had become very active in the artistic underground in Paris and began to channel his music towards radical activism Higelin began attracting popular attention through his live concerts typically held in smaller venues and released his first solo album in 1971 By the middle of the 1970s Higelin had become one of Frances most successful pop musicians and he remains influential to this day In the 70s Higelin was in a relationship with a FrenchVietnamese woman called Kuelan Nguyen She accompanied him during the recording of an album at Château dHérouville Studio where Iggy Pop was also recording his debut solo album The Idiot Iggy Pop became infatuated with Nguyen who rejected him but the incident inspired the song China Girl which later became a hit when rerecorded by David Bowie Higelin had three children all of whom became artists Arthur H singer born to Nicole Courtois in 1966 Kên Higelin actor born to Kuelan Nguyen in 1972 Izïa singer born to dancer Aziza Zakine in 1990 Higelin married Zakine in 2011 Higelin died on 6 April 2018 in Paris Source Article Jacques Higelin from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30