Author and performer of hits such as "La Tendresse" and "Mon vieux", Daniel
Guichard was born in Paris on November 21, 1948. The son of a Breton worker and
a mother of Polish, Russian and Ukrainian descent, he lost his father at the age
of fifteen and left high school to work. Attracted to chanson d'auteur, he began
composing and performing in Parisian cabarets, where his glibness did not go
unnoticed. Signed by Barclay, he recorded several EPs and, in 1969, a debut
album. In 1972 came the sudden and massive success of the songs "La Tendresse",
written by Patricia Carli, and "Fau...