Michel Jonasz
Michel Jonasz (born January 21, 1947 in Drancy ) is a French singer , songwriter and actor .
Life
He was born to Hungarian immigrants . He had his first record successes in France in 1967 with his band Le King set , his breakthrough came in 1974 with his first LP (together with Alain Goldstein and Frank Thomas) with titles such as Super Nana and Dites-moi . In the following years he rose to the top league of French-speaking musicians with titles such as Les vacances au bord de la mer (1975) and Je voulais te dire que je t'attends (1976). Numerous awards ( gold and platinum records in France), tours in France - with weeks in the Paris Olympics -, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Morocco and Canada made him known beyond France. To date he has released more than 25 albums / CDs and starred in several films (for example: Le tango des Rashevski , 2002).
In the early years, his preferred music was French hit parade pop, albeit with relatively demanding, literary texts. Today his music is a mixture of pop , jazz and blues , which has always fascinated him. It is almost unknown in Germany.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FR
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 BE W
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 CH
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| 1996 | Soul Music Airlines |
FR6th  (14 weeks)FR |
BE W20 (7 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 1997 | Sol en si |
FR3 (17 weeks) FR |
- | - | |
| 2000 | Pole ouest |
FR5 (22 weeks)FR |
BE W23 (8 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2002 | Où vont les rêves |
FR24 (18 weeks) FR |
BE W34 (5 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2005 | Michel Jonasz |
FR26 (17 weeks) FR |
BE W22 (21 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2007 | Chanson française |
FR24 (16 weeks) FR |
BE W32 (12 weeks) BE W |
CH99 (1 week) CH |
|
| 2011 | Les hommes sont toujours des enfants |
FR33 (9 weeks) FR |
- | - | |
| 2019 | La Méouge, le Rhône, la Durance |
FR22 (11 weeks) FR |
BE W43 (7 weeks) BE W |
- | |
More studio albums
- 1974: Michel Jonasz
- 1975: Change tout
- 1978: Guigui
- 1980: Les années 80 commencent
- 1981: La nouvelle vie (FR:× 2Double gold )
- 1984: Tristesse (FR:gold)
- 1985: Unis vers l'uni (FR:
platinum) - 1988: La fabuleuse historie de Mister Swing (FR:gold)
- 1992: Où est la source? (FR:× 2Double gold )
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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FR
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BE W
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CH
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| 2001 | Olympia 2000 |
FR44 (9 weeks) FR |
- | - | |
| 2009 | Michel Jonasz Trio |
FR166 (1 week) FR |
- | - | |
| 2017 | En concert |
FR153 (2 weeks) FR |
- | - |
Michel Jonasz Trio
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More live albums
- 1977: Michel Jonasz au Théâtre de la Ville
- 1986: Michel Jonasz en concert au Palais des Sports (FR:platinum)
- 1988: La Fabuleuse Histoire de Mister Swing
- 1993: Michel Jonasz au Zénith
- 2009: Abraham
- 2013: Michel Jonasz: Les Hommes sont toujours des enfants sur scène
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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FR
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BE W
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CH
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| 2013 | Joueurs de blues - le meilleur de Michel Jonasz |
FR122 (5 weeks) FR |
BE W183 (1 week) BE W |
- | |
More compilations
- 1981: Les Plus Belles Chansons de ... Michel Jonasz (FR:× 2Double gold )
- 1984: Lord have mercy
- 1987: Jonasz 80-85, les indispensables
- 1988: Les Fabuleux Moments de Mister Swing
- 1989: Tous les succès de Michel Jonasz
- 1990: Michel Jonasz
- 1995: Les Incontournables de Michel Jonasz
- 1995: Michel Jonasz Coffret 3 CD
- 2006: Best of (FR:× 2Double gold )
Singles (selection)
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | [↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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FR
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 BE F
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BE W
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| 1967 | Apesanteur |
- |
BE F43 (3 weeks) BE F[BE W : ←] |
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| 1968 | Jezebel |
- |
BE F49 (1 week) BE F[BE W : ←] |
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| 1972 | La rencontre |
- |
BE F11 (11 weeks) BE F[BE W : ←] |
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| 1974 | Great nana Michel Jonasz |
- |
BE F43 (3 weeks) BE F[BE W : ←] |
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| 1975 | Les vacances au bord de la mer Change tout |
- |
BE F38 (3 weeks) BE F[BE W : ←] |
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| 1976 | Je voulais te dire que je t'attends |
- |
BE F35 (4 weeks) BE F[BE W : ←] |
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| 1985 | La boîte de jazz Unis vers l'uni |
FR33 (7 weeks) FR |
- | - | ||
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region |
gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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France (SNEP)
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12 × gold12
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2 × platinum2
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1,900,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
| All in all |
12 × gold12
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2 × platinum2
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Filmography (selection)
- 1981: Clara and the great guys (Clara et les chics types)
- 1988: The will of a murdered Jewish poet (Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné)
- 1997: The Babels Save the World (Babel)
- 2003: The Tango of the Rashevskis (Le Tango des Rashvski)
- 2006: In flagranti - what to do with your beloved? (La Doublure)
- 2007: The Secret of the Pyramid (Agathe contre Agathe)
- 2009: Meet the Elisabeths! (La première étoile)
- 2011: Bartoli's Law (La Loi selon Bartoli)
- 2016: Similar to confusion (Il a déjà tes yeux)
- 2018: The piano player from the Gare du Nord (Au bout des doigts)
Web links
- Homepage
- detailed biography, discography etc. (English)
- Michel Jonasz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jonasz, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drancy , France |