Photo: David Seligmann-Forest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · credits
Timeline
9 events✦ Award 3▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1940s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Les Petits Français
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1990s
2000s
Biography
English biography191 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370611549
Biography
Pascal Sevran (16 October 1945 – 9 May 2008) was a French TV presenter and author.
Biography
Son of a communist taxi driver, and a Spanish seamstress, Pascal Sevran was born on 16 October 1945 in Paris. His real name was Jean-Claude Jouhaud. He worked as a songwriter, a singer, a TV presenter, and an author. He was openly gay. He was involved in a racist controversy when he blamed the "black penis" for famine in Africa. He died on 9 May 2008 in Limoges.
As Book Author
1979 : Le Passé Supplémentaire
1980 : Vichy Dancing
1982 : Un garçon de France
1995 : Tous les bonheurs sont provisoires
1998 : Mitterrand, les autres jours about his friendship with François Mitterrand
2006 : Journal (personal diary)
As songwriter
He wrote many songs, including :
Il venait d'avoir 18 ans
Comme disait Mistinguett
C'est à Brasilia (music : Henri Betti)
As TV show presenter
from 1984 to 1991 : La chance aux chansons (chance to songs) on TF1 channel, then from 1991 to 2000 on France 2 channel.
Chanter la vie Sing the life
Entrée d'Artiste, his last TV show, stopped in 2007
As an actor
1991 : Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 5 | 97.4th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 29 | 64th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1991 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 16 tracks
1Y'a des chansons2Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?3Ça s'est passé un dimanche4Viens danser5Insensiblement6Domino7J'ai rendez-vous avec vous8Succès français9Allez vas-y c'est du bonheur10J'aime Paris au mois de mai11Eh, l'amour12Toi tu n'ressembles à personne13Moi la vie me plaît14La Musique15Génération musette16Merci Paris1993 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 18 tracks · 44:50
1Rien qu'une chanson2:432Sur un air de romance2:203Les Mirettes2:364Le Petit Bal rétro2:395Ça t'va bien2:156Paris java2:097La Marche de Ménilmontant3:238On n'oublie pas les chansons2:339Aie ton rire1:5610Quand on écoutait la radio2:4211Chanson populaire2:3612Tiens voilà l'accordéon2:3013À la française2:3214Ça sent si bon la France2:2515Paris musique, Paris musette2:1116La Chanson du maçon2:4917La Vie mondaine2:0118C'était le bon temps2:302002 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 39:51
1Chante encore3:372L'amour c'est comme un jour3:303Maman... Papa...2:084La vie continue3:015Qui ?3:376L'amour chante2:497Trousse-Chemise2:078Mille fois par jour2:359Nous, c'est fou3:1810L'Été soixante3:3811Surprise Party2:5212À qui appartient la vie ?3:1113Je vous aime3:28
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Les Petits FrançaisSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:30A1Les Petits Français2:40 B1Il suffit d'une chanson2:50 | 1973 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pascal Sevran head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 5 | 97.4th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 29 | 64th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Roger Nimier Prix | won | |
| 1994 | Knight of the Legion of Honour | won | |
| 2004 | Officer of the Legion of Honour | won | |
| — | Knight of the National Order of Merit | won | |
| — | Officer of Arts and Letters | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pascal_Sevran_31102003.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/439c76b7-d1d6-4e4f-8436-68fd9698ebcediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/439c76b7-d1d6-4e4f-8436-68fd9698ebcecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2055329genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2055329seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Sevranbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Sevran
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: David Seligmann-Forest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2055329 · MusicBrainz: 439c76b7-d1d6-4e4f-8436-68fd9698ebce
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