Alain Chamfort (born Alain Joseph Yves Le Govic; 2 March 1949) is a French singer of Breton origin.

Chamfort was a promising pianist in his youth, and the piano became his instrument of choice. His first band The Dreamers had minor success as a repertory jazz outfit, and was followed by a typically sixties rock music group Murator.

Chamfort met famed writer and producer Jacques Dutronc, who proposed to help him with future works for television and film, and it is with Dutronc that Chamfort's career expanded. After being discovered by Dutronc, it was with Claude François and ultimately Serge Gainsbourg that he made a number of albums, including his first album recorded as Alain Chamfort: Poses. A single from the album, "Manureva" remains one of the most famous songs to date by Chamfort, whose subject is the yacht Manureva which disappeared with her skipper Alain Colas in 1978.

Chamfort composed for the cinema; he worked with Jean-Pierre Mocky and with Arnaud Sélignac. As an actor, he appeared in the short Men/Toys/Girl in 2001. In 2004, he became a member of the board of directors of SACEM.

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Alain Chamfort, de son vrai nom Alain Le Govic, est un musicien, chanteur et compositeur français d'origine bretonne, né le 2 mars 1949, dans le 11e arrondissement de Paris.

Il est remarqué par Claude François, qui lui fait enregistrer ses premiers succès comme Adieu mon bébé chanteur et L'Amour en France, qui lui valent d'être catalogué « chanteur à minettes ». Il quitte cet univers en 1976 en signant chez CBS afin de changer de style et d'avoir une totale liberté artistique.

En 1979, il interprète Manureva, qui reste à ce jour le plus grand succès de sa carrière .