Jean-Jacques Goldman
Biography
Jean-Jacques Goldman (born October 11, 1951) is a retired French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French pop rock act. Born in Paris and active in the music scene since 1975, he had a highly successful solo career in the 1980s, and was part of the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones, releasing another string of hits in the 1990s. He also wrote successful albums and songs for many artists, including D'eux for Céline Dion, which is the most successful French language record to date. He was also part of the Les Enfoirés charity collective from 1986 to 2016, and got his most notable official recognition in the English-speaking world for winning a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997, as a co-author of three tracks on Céline Dion's Falling into You. Despite a voluntary retirement from the music scene in the early 2000s, he remains highly appreciated and influential in France. Born in Paris to an immigrant Polish Jewish father, Alter Mojze Goldman (born in Lublin) and a German Jewish mother, Ruth Ambrunn (born in Munich), Jean-Jacques Goldman was the third of four children. As a child, he began his music studies on the violin, then the piano. In 1968, he abandoned his classical music studies for "American Rock & Roll" as well as folk music, listening to The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix or Aretha Franklin, and emphasizing the guitar. He also earned a business degree from the École des hautes études commerciales du Nord, commonly known as EDHEC, in Lille. In 1972, he met Catherine, his first wife, with whom he had three children. He first entered the French music scene as a member of a progressive rock group named Taï Phong ("great wind", "typhoon" in Vietnamese), which released its first album in 1975. Their first song to be a moderate hit was "Sister Jane". After three albums in English (on which he sang and played guitar as well as violin), Goldman was determined to write and sing in French, which led him to leave the band. ... Source: Article "Jean-Jacques Goldman" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Personal Details
Movies (46)
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Céline Dion raconte D'eux
as Self (archive footage)
2025
I Am: Celine Dion
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Pour toi Céline: La soirée évènement
as Self (archival footage)
2024
L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman
as Self
2021
Céline Dion : une voix, un destin
as Self
2021
Jean-Jacques Goldman : la grande soirée anniversaire / la soirée continue
as Self
2021
Elle s'appelait Sirima
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Le Show de Noël Must Go On
Thanks (Crew)
2020
Jean-Jacques Goldman, de l'intérieur
as Self
2017
Goldman, un héros si discret
as Self
2016
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
2016
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
2014
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
2013
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
2010
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
2008
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
Comment tournent les violons : Jean-Jacques Goldman
as Self - chanteur
2004
Jean-Jacques Goldman : Un tour ensemble
as Self
2003
Un tour ensemble - bonus Chronique d'une année de tournée
as Self
2003
Un tour ensemble - bonus Commentaires du spectacle
as Self
2003
Solidarité inondations
as Self
2003
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
2002
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
Du new Morning au Zenith
as Self
2000
Jean-Jacques Goldman - Souvenirs de Tournées
as Self
2000
Integrale des Clips 1981/2000
as Self
2000
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
2000
Jean-Jacques Goldman : Intégrale des clips 1990/2000
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Jean-Jacques Goldman - Tournée en passant 98
as Self
1999
Céline Dion : Au cœur du Stade
as Self
1999
Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France
as Self
1999
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1999
A Year with Céline
as Self
1999
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996
Fredericks Goldman Jones - Du New Morning au Zénith
as Self
1995
Fredericks Goldman Jones - Tours et détours
as Self
1995
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
1994
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993
Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra
1992
