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.
Discography
Albums
1974 : 1975 : 1977 : 1978 : 1979 : 1981 : 1983 : 1985 : 1988 : 1992 : 1996 : 2000 : 2002 : 2005 : 2007 : Chanson française 2011 : Les Hommes sont toujours des enfants 2019 : La Méouge, le Rhône, La Durance 2023 : Chanter le Blues
Filmography
Film
1979 : directed by Jean-Michel Ribes 1981 : directed by Élie Chouraqui 1984 : directed by 1988 : directed by Frank Cassenti 1999 : Babel directed by 1999 : Une pour toutes directed by Claude Lelouch 2001 : Lisa directed by 2003 : directed by Sam Garbarski 2004 : Mariage avec mon fils directed by Pierre Berecz 2004 : directed by 2006 : La maison de Nina directed by Richard Dembo 2007 : directed by 2008 : Les Hauts Murs directed by Christian Faure 2008 : directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste 2013 : directed by 2013 : Un excellent dossier ! directed by Artus de Penguern 2014 : directed by 2016 : Dieumerci ! directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste 2017 : Il a déjà tes yeux directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste 2017 : directed by 2017 : directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste 2018 : directed by Ludovic Bernard 2019 : directed by Mélanie Auffret 2020 : directed by 2020 : Vagabondes directed by Philippe Dajoux
Television 2005 : Dalida directed by Joyce Buñuel
External links Official Michel Jonasz Site (in French)