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Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Born
October 11, 1951
Age in 2026
75
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1951

About Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ʒak ɡɔldman]; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains 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 French music scene from 1975, Goldman had a highly successful solo career in the 1980s. As part of the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones, he scored another string of hits in the 1990s. A founding member of the Les Enfoirés charity collective in 1986 (with which he remained active until 2016), Goldman also wrote successful albums and songs for many artists, including D'eux for Céline Dion, the most successful French-language recording to date. He received his most notable recognition in the English-speaking world with a 1997 Grammy Award for Album of the Year as co-author of three tracks on Céline Dion's album Falling into You. Despite his voluntary retirement from popular music in the early 2000s, Goldman remains highly appreciated and influential in France. Jean-Jacques Goldman (French pronunciation:; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Goldman first entered the French music scene as a member of a progressive rock group named Taï Phong ("great wind" or "typhoon" in Vietnamese), which released its first album in 1975. Marc Lumbroso saw Goldman's potential and managed to sign him to a five-album contract with Epic Records.

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Jean-Jacques Goldman timeline

  1. Jean-Jacques Goldman (French pronunciation:; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains hugely popular in the French-speaking world.
  2. Goldman first entered the French music scene as a member of a progressive rock group named Taï Phong ("great wind" or "typhoon" in Vietnamese), which released its first album in 1975.
  3. Born in Paris and active in the French music scene from 1975, Goldman had a highly successful solo career in the 1980s.

The world when Jean-Jacques Goldman was born

Jean-Jacques Goldman was born in 1951. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1951

  • #1 song"Too Young" – Nat King Cole
  • Top movieAn American in Paris
  • Top TV showI Love Lucy
  • Best-selling bookThe Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBobby Thomson's "Shot Heard Round the World"
  • Top headlineI Love Lucy premieres and becomes a cultural phenomenon
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial computer (UNIVAC I) delivered
  • Defining fadI Love Lucy
  • Notable inventionSuper Glue
  • World population2.59 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHarry S. Truman
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • Also wonRochester Royals (NBA)
  • U.S. population154.0M

1951 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jean-Jacques Goldman's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19512026
Gas$0.27$3.45/gal
Average home$8,800$435,000
Average income$5,500$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.53$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population154.0M341 million

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