Jean-Pierre Mader
Encyclopedia
Jean-Pierre Mader is a French
singer-songwriter
and producer (born on June 21, 1955, in Toulouse
). He remains particularly known for his smash hit "Macumba", released in 1985. After his singing career during the 1980s, he became producer for many French artists, such as Michel Fugain
, Philippe Léotard
and Bernard Lavilliers
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and producer (born on June 21, 1955, in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
). He remains particularly known for his smash hit "Macumba", released in 1985. After his singing career during the 1980s, he became producer for many French artists, such as Michel Fugain
Michel Fugain
Michel Fugain is a French singer and composer. Originally he released music along with his singers and dancers entitled "Le Big Bazar" but went for a more solo approach 1977. In 1969 he published his first album: Je n'aurai pas le temps...
, Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard was a French actor, poet, and singer....
and Bernard Lavilliers
Bernard Lavilliers
Bernard Lavilliers is a French singer.He was born Bernard Oulion in Saint-Étienne, Loire.The band Fatals Picards wrote a song Bernard Lavilliers, satirizing Lavilliers' image as a former adventurer.-Discography:...
.
Albums
- 1982 : Faux coupable
- 1985 : Microclimats
- 1989 : Midi à minuit
- 1997 : Best of
Singles
- 1978 : "Les bandes dessinées"
- 1983 : "Au bout de son voyage"
- 1984 : "Disparue" - #18 in France
- 1985 : "Macumba" - #3 in France
- 1985 : "Un pied devant l'autre" - #8 in France
- 1986 : "Jalousie" - #42 in France
- 1986 : "Outsider dans son cœur" - #44 in France
- 1987 : "Obsession"
- 1990 : "En résumé...En conclusion" - #37 in France
- 2000 : "Disparue" (remix)