Didier Barbelivien
Biography
Didier René Henri Barbelivien (French pronunciation: [didje ʁəne ɑ̃ʁi baʁbəlivjɛ̃]; born 10 March 1954 in Paris) is a French author, lyricist, songwriter and singer. Beginning in the 1970s, he wrote a number of successful songs for artists such as: Dalida, Johnny Hallyday, Michel Sardou, Daniel Guichard, Claude François, Gilbert Montagné, Sylvie Vartan, Patti Layne, Gilbert Bécaud, Enrico Macias, Demis Roussos, Mireille Mathieu, Hervé Vilard, Michèle Torr, C. Jérôme, Christophe, Julio Iglesias, Sheila, Nicole Croisille, Patricia Kaas, Éric Charden, Jean-Pierre François, Michel Delpech, Philippe Lavil, Elsa, Gérard Lenorman, Ringo, Garou, Corynne Charby, David and Jonathan, and Caroline Legrand among others. In the 1980s and 1990s, he enjoyed popular success singing his own songs, many of which climbed quickly to the top of the French charts of the era. In the 1990s, he sang several titles with Félix Gray. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2009.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
3,763 releases · 994 albums · active 1973–2026
- Performance · 7,061
- Other credits · 1,058
- Production · 92
- Engineering · 3
Studios: Studio 92 · Studio CBE · Studio Guillaume Tell · Artistic Palace Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Hervé Vilard
- Gérard Lenorman
- Patricia Kaas
- Dalida
- Michel Sardou
- C. Jérôme
- Michèle Torr