Michel Jonasz

Michel Jonasz (born 21 January 1947 in Drancy, France) is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor. His compositions include: La boîte de jazz, Joueurs de blues and Les vacances au bord de la mer.

Born of Hungarian immigrant parents, Michel Jonasz left school at the age of 15 to find his way in the arts. Painting, theatre and music interested him, but he began his artistic career as a pianist. After working with both Vigon and The Lemons, in 1966 he created the band King Set with his friend, the guitarist Alain Goldstein.

Two radio successes made his voice and his talent for rhythm known: an original composition, Apesanteur (Weightlessness), in 1967, and Jezebel in 1968.

His solo career began slowly with a single ("45t") at the end of 1968 under the name of Michel Kingset, the next in 1970 under his own name. He had to wait until 1974 to find a large audience with two simultaneous hits ("tubes"): Dites-Moi and Super Nana.

Albums

 * 1974 : 
 * 1975 : 
 * 1977 : 
 * 1978 : 
 * 1979 : 
 * 1981 : 
 * 1983 : 
 * 1985 : 
 * 1988 : 
 * 1992 : 
 * 1996 : 
 * 2000 : 
 * 2002 : 
 * 2005 : 
 * 2007 : Chanson française
 * 2011 : Les Hommes sont toujours des enfants
 * 2019 : La Méouge, le Rhône, La Durance
 * 2023 : Chanter le Blues

Film

 * 1979 :  directed by Jean-Michel Ribes
 * 1981 :  directed by Élie Chouraqui
 * 1984 :  directed by
 * 1988 :  directed by Frank Cassenti
 * 1999 : Babel directed by
 * 1999 : Une pour toutes directed by Claude Lelouch
 * 2001 : Lisa directed by
 * 2003 :  directed by Sam Garbarski
 * 2004 : Mariage avec mon fils directed by Pierre Berecz
 * 2004 :  directed by
 * 2006 : La maison de Nina directed by Richard Dembo
 * 2007 :  directed by
 * 2008 : Les Hauts Murs directed by Christian Faure
 * 2008 :  directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste
 * 2013 :  directed by
 * 2013 : Un excellent dossier ! directed by Artus de Penguern
 * 2014 :  directed by
 * 2016 : Dieumerci ! directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste
 * 2017 : Il a déjà tes yeux directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste
 * 2017 :  directed by
 * 2017 :  directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste
 * 2018 :  directed by Ludovic Bernard
 * 2019 :  directed by Mélanie Auffret
 * 2020 :  directed by
 * 2020 : Vagabondes directed by Philippe Dajoux

Television

 * 2005 : Dalida directed by Joyce Buñuel