Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg (French: [sɛʁʒ ɡɛ̃zbuʁ] (listen); born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker and actor. Regarded as the most important figure in French pop whilst alive, he was renowned for often provocative and scandalous releases which caused uproar in France, dividing its public opinion, as well as his diverse artistic output, which ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.His lyrical works incorporated wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Serge Gainsbourg has received more than 3,252,984 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Serge Gainsbourg is the 34th most popular singer (down from 33rd in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from France (down from 279th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Singer.

Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer-songwriter who is most famous for his songs "Je t'aime moi non plus" and "Love on the Beat."