Biography

Jean-Jacques Goldman (born October 11, 1951) is a French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday. Jean-Jacques Goldman wrote the theme for "Resto du Coeur" the eponymous song performed by les Enfoirés as the theme of the charity created by Coluche, Les restos du coeur. Throughout his career, he has frequently written other singers, notably Céline Dion, with whom he collaborated on D'eux (released in the US as The French Album), S'il suffisait d'aimer and 1 fille & 4 types, he has also collaborated with Johnny Hallyday, Patricia Kaas, Garou, Marc Lavoine, Gérald De Palmas, Patrick Fiori, Khaled ("Aïcha"), Chet Baker, Lorie and Florent Pagny, as well as Englishman Joe Cocker, and American songwriter Diane Warren. Au bout de mes rêves, Là-bas (with Celine Don)