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Didier Barbelivien
Didier Barbelivien is credited on 3,137 releases across 1,001 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,137
Pressings credited
1,001
Albums
6
Decades active
15
In collections
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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Credited work
3,137 releases · 1,001 albums · active 1973–2025
- Performance · 5,792
- Other credits · 750
- Production · 81
Studios: Studio CBE · Studio 92 · Studio Guillaume Tell · Artistic Palace Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Hervé Vilard
- Gérard Lenorman
- Patricia Kaas
- Michel Sardou
- C. Jérôme
- Gilbert Montagné
- Michèle Torr
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