Born on May 24, 1955 in Gosselies, Charleroi, Belgium, Philippe Lafontaine
initially set his sights on studying fine arts. Bored, he finally decided to
stop his studies and take off with his guitar, setting up on the street to play
his first songs. Alongside odd jobs that stabilized his finances, Philippe
Lafontaine managed to record his first album in 1978, Où...? His music, in the
tradition of popular French chanson, established him on the French music scene,
with collaborations with Popeck, for whom he opened at the Olympia, and Maurane.
It was only a few years later, however,...