Richard Gotainer

Richard Gotainer born 30 March 1948 is a French singer actor and publicist He writes most of the lyrics to his songs often to music by Claude Engel Gotainer was a Boy Scout He met and befriended the animator Jacky He is of Polish Jewish descent Gotainer began his professional life in 1972 at the WalterThompson advertising agency from which he was fired the following year for bad spirits In 1974 he and Jacques Gaudillat founded the advertising agency Gatkess specializing in radio spots and soundtracks for television Over the years he created advertising hits that became famous including MV M m m comme maroquinier V v v comme voyage the collective of leather makers Vittel Buvez éliminez Infinitif Primitif Banga Ya des fruits ya de leau Belle des champs Tu baguenaudes dans les pâturages Choco BN Il est 4 heures Saupiquet Cassoulet Couscous Paella ou Danette On se lève tous pour Danette From 1982 to 1985 at the Gray agency he provided the voiceover and the music for the advertising cartoons for Malabar5 chewing gum It was during the recording of the advertisement for Banga that he met Claude Engel a renowned musician Gotainer offered to work with him doing so first in television ads and then for songs More than his advertisements it was his variety songs that made him known to the general French public from 1980 onwards Throughout the 1980s his dancing electronic hits with wacky and facetious arrangements on double with a high sound rhythm and playing on alliteration were massively broadcast on French radios Primitif Poil au tableau Le Sampa from the film Le Maître décole sold 500000 singles La Ballade de lobsédé Le Mambo du décalco Femmes à lunettes Chipie and Le Youki are some of his most famous songs Richard Gotainer also gives 250 performances of his musical show cowritten with Éric Kristy La Goutte au pépère music by Étienne Perruchon including one at the Olympia When he ceased his collaboration with Claude Engel his official composer he then worked with Michaël Lapie for an album with rock and electro atmospheres On the other hand Celmar Engel brother of Claude works alongside him as a sound engineer and musician After his album Comme à la maison 2010 the singersongwriter announced in 2017 that he was preparing a new album as well as a work on his radio columns The album Saperlipopette is released in June 2018 On March 19 2018 the National Union of Authors and Composers awarded Richard Gotainer a Grand Prize in tribute to his career To receive this prize he had the idea of reciting one of his texts rather than singing This service is at the origin of the approach that he has undertaken since September 2022 by presenting on stage Gotainer brings back his phrase his songs played interpreted like an actor He is accompanied by his guitarist accomplice Brice Delage whose sound interventions illustrate and add noise to the storytellers words Source Article Richard Gotainer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA