Charlotte Gainsbourg
born 22 July 1971 in London
Actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg is the daughter of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg. She has a son, Ben (born 1997), with actor Yvan Attal.
Charlotte has recorded an album written by her father, CHARLOTTE FOREVER (1986) and she has been a movie actress since 1984.
(C) 1997-2006 Michael Kuhn
Gallery
Discography
- 1984 Serge Gainsbourg LP LOVE ON THE BEAT [FR: Philips 822 849-1]
- A 01 (08:05) Love on the beat (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 02 (03:56) Sorry Angel (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 03 (02:49) Hmm hmm hmm (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 04 (04:21) Kiss me Hardy (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 01 (05:10) No comment (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 02 (04:24) I'm the boy (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 03 (02:59) Harley David son of a bitch (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 04 Charlotte Gainsbourg et Serge Gainsbourg (05:11) Lemon incest (Serge Gainsbourg; d'après l'étude no. 3 en si majeur op. 10 de Frédéric Chopin)
- Matrix A: 001 822849 1 // 1Y 380 POLYGRAM 118 N
- Matrix B: 001 822849 1 // 2Y 380 POLYGRAM 118 A
- Production: Philippe Lerichomme, Billy Rush
- Recording: New Jersey, House of Music
- Engineer: John Rollo assisted by Nelson Ayres
- Mixing: New York, Power Station
- Mixing engineer: Larry Alexander assisted by John Goldberger
- Mastering: Jean-Marie Guerin for Polygram
- Musicians: Larry Fast (synthesizer, synthesizers programming), Serge Gainsbourg (synthesizer), Stan Harrison (saxophone), Billy Rush (guitars, bass, drums programming), Simms Brothers (backing vocals)
- Cover photo: William Klein
- Make-up: N'Guyen-Thi-Loan
- MC: [FR: Philips 822 849-4]
- CD: [FR: Philips 822 849-2]
- 1985 Charlotte Gainsbourg et Serge Gainsbourg 7" single Lemon incest [FR: Philips 880620-1]
- A 01 Charlotte Gainsbourg & Serge Gainsbourg (05:11) Lemon incest (Serge Gainsbourg; d'après l'étude no. 3 en si majeur op. 10 de Frédéric Chopin)
- B 01 Serge Gainsbourg () Hmm hmm hmm (Serge Gainsbourg)
- 1986 Charlotte Gainsbourg LP CHARLOTTE FOREVER [FR: Philips 8306401]
- A 01 Charlotte Gainsbourg et Serge Gainsbourg (03:52) Charlotte forever (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 02 (04:02) Ouvertures éclair (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 03 (04:17) Oh daddy oh (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 04 (04:41) Don't forget to forget me (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 01 Charlotte Gainsbourg et Serge Gainsbourg (05:00) Plus doux avec moi (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 02 (03:15) Pour ce que tu n'étais pas (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 03 (03:03) Elastique (Serge Gainsbourg; sur les paroles de Rouget de l'Isle)
- B 04 (03:38) Zéro pointé vers l'infini (Jacques Plante / Sam Theard)
- Musicians: Charlotte Gainsbourg (vocals), Serge Gainsbourg (vocals on A 01, B 01), Gary Georgett (keyboards), Stan Harrison (saxophone), John K (bass), Billy Rush (direction, guitars), Tony "Thunder" Smith (drums), George Simms (backing vocals), Steve Simms (backing vocals)
- 1986 Charlotte Gainsbourg 7" single Charlotte forever [FR: Philips]
- A 01 Charlotte Gainsbourg & Serge Gainsbourg () Charlotte forever (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 01 () Pour ce que tu n'étais pas (Serge Gainsbourg)
- 1986 Charlotte Gainsbourg 7" single Zéro pointé vers l'infini [FR: Philips]
- A 01 () Zéro pointé vers l'infini (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 01 () Oh daddy oh (Serge Gainsbourg)
- 1987 Charlotte Gainsbourg 7" single Élastique [FR: Philips]
- A 01 () Élastique (Serge Gainsbourg)
- B 01 () Don't forget to forget me (Serge Gainsbourg)
- 1991 Charlotte Gainsbourg CD ACTRICES: CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG (LEMON INCEST) [FR: Philips 848 483-2]
- A 01 Charlotte Gainsbourg & Serge Gainsbourg (03:52) Charlotte forever (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 02 (04:02) Ouvertures éclair (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 03 (04:17) Oh daddy oh (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 04 (04:41) Don't forget to forget me (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 05 (03:15) Pour ce que tu n'étais pas (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 06 Charlotte Gainsbourg et Serge Gainsbourg (05:00) Plus doux avec moi (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 07 (03:03) Élastique (Serge Gainsbourg; sur les paroles de Rouget de l'Isle)
- A 08 (03:38) Zéro pointe vers l'infini (Jacques Plante / Sam Theard)
- A 09 Charlotte Gainsbourg et Serge Gainsbourg (05:11) Lemon incest (Serge Gainsbourg ; d'après l'étude no. 3 en si majeur op. 10 de Frédéric Chopin)
- Musicians: Charlotte Gainsbourg (vocals), Serge Gainsbourg (vocals on A 01, B 01), Gary Georgett (keyboards), Stan Harrison (saxophone), John K (basse), Billy Rush (direction, guitars), Tony "Thunder" Smith (drums), George Simms (backing vocals), Steve Simms (backing vocals)
- Photo: Gilles Cappé
- Graphics: Huart / Cholley
- 1994 various artists LES ENFOIRÉS AU GRAND REX [FR: WEA 98296]
- A 01 Muriel Robin, Patrick Bruel, Jean-Jacques Goldman et Alain Souchon () La chanson des restos
- A 02 France Gall et Francis Cabrel () Ella elle l'a
- A 03 Jane Birkin et Charlotte Gainsbourg () Di doo dah (Serge Gainsbourg)
- A 04 Vanessa Paradis, Alain Souchon et Laurent Voulzy () Foule sentimentale
- A 05 Carole Fredericks et Florent Pagny () Oh! Happy days
- A 06 Charles Aznavour et Patrick Bruel () Hier encore
- A 07 Céline Dion et Jean-Jacques Goldman () Là-bas
- A 08 Michael Jones et Pow Wow () Cecilia [version originale par Simon et Garfunkel]
- A 09 Valerie Lemercier () Les crayons
- A 10 Eddie Mitchell, Renaud, Paul Personne et J. J. Milteau () Sur la route de Memphis
- A 11 Romane Bohringer et Jean-Louis Aubert () Tu dois tenir ma main
- A 12 Catherine Lara, Patrick Bruel et Jean Jacques Goldman () Alors regarde
- A 13 Tous ensemble () Un autre monde
- A 14 Tous ensemble () La chanson des restos
- Note: These songs were recorded for the association "Les restos du coeur", founded by the French actor Coluche, which is engaged in feeding the poorest people during wintertime.
- 1994 MC Solaar CD PROSE COMBAT [FR: Polydor 521 289-2]
- A 10 Séquelles [with Charlotte Gainsbourg ?]
- Music cassette: [FR: Polydor 521 289-4]
- Weblinks
- * MC Solaar - Biography
- * MC Solaar (Helga) - Biography, discography, images, lyrics, links
- * Dave's MC Solaar Archive (David Lawson) - Discography, photos, links
- 1996 movie Love, etc.
- Charlotte Gainsbourg () Love, etc. (Alexandre Desplat / Marion Vernoux) the theme song of the movie
Weblinks
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (aml) - biography, discography, photos and much more
- Le site de Charlotte (Anne et Maude) - beautiful fansite with biography, filmography, interviews, lots of photos, and more
- Charlotte Gainsbourg: actress - filmography (International Movie Database) - complete and always up to date
- charlottegainsbourg (Yahoo Club) - mailing list [started 1999]
- Charlottegainsbourg2 (Yahoo Club) - another mailing list [started 2001]
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (Ecran noir) - biography, filmography
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (Chris de Cleyn) - some autographs
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (Yuu) - fan page in Japanese
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (Belles de jour) [defunct 03.05.2002 - does anyone know where this site has gone?]
- GAGA Communications Inc. [respective file not found 26.11.1999] - They once featured sound files from Charlottes's pressconference in Japan on 16 February 1997 - I do still have these files and will make them accessible one day or another
Pioneer sites
- The unofficial Charlotte Gainsbourg homepage - Japanese fan site, last update ca. 1998
- The official unofficial Charlotte Gainsbourg page (Franklin) - fan site with pictures, last update ca. 1997