Innate within Paris to immigrant Polish Jewish parents, Goldman was a third of iv tykes & learned foremost a fiddle, and so a piano as a toddler. Inside 1968, he abandoned his classical music studies for the guitar. He likewise earned a business degree from either the École Des Hautes Études Commerciales, commonly called ''l'Edhec'', around Lille. Inside 1972, he met Catherine, his number 1 married woman, sustaining whom he experienced tercet youngsters.

He number one entered the French music scene when member of a prog rock group named Tai Phong ("great wind" around Vietnamese), which freed its 1st album in 1975. Their foremost song to become the moderate hit was "Sister Jane."

When foursome years & iii albums sung withwithin English sustaining Tai Phong, Goldman determined to last it alone & write & sing in French. Inside 1981, Marc Lumbroso heard his recording "Il suffira d'un signe" on the album Démodé and signed him to a 5-album locate Epic Records.

Inside 1982, his 1st hit album Minoritaire, which included a hit song "Quand la musique est bonne," was discharged; subsequent albums own completely been successful.

He besides writes for more singers, notably Céline Dion, with whom he collaborated in ''500'eux (freed in the U.s.a. when A French Album), Johnny Hallyday, Patricia Kaas, Garou, Marc Lavoine, Khaled, Lorie and Florent Pagny.

He is the creator of the celebrated song "La chanson des restos," performed by les Enfoirés as the theme of the sympathetic association created by Coluche, Les restos du coeur.

His half-half brother Pierre Goldman, a social militant & outlaw, died inside mysterious circumstances. He have a boy known as Samuel.

Discography

Démodé (1981) Minoritaire (1982) Positif (1984) Non homologué (1985) Nut public' (survive performance, 1986) Entre gris clair et gris foncé (1987) Traces (survive performance, 1989) 50'intégrale 81-89 (Better of) Fredericks-Goldman-Jones (1990) with Carole Fredericks and Michael Jones Sur scène (survive, 1992) Rouge (1994) with Carole Fredericks & Michael Jones Du Up to date Morning au Zénith (survive, 1995) Singulier (1996), a collection of greatest hits from either his solo career En passant (1997) In passing tournée 1998 (survive performance, 1998) Pluriel (compilation, 2000) Chansons pour les pieds (2001) Un tour ensemble (2003)