He is the son of French singer Jacques Higelin and of Nicole Courtois, and half brother of singers Izïa Higelin and stage and film actor, theatre director and music video director Kên Higelin.
•
The album Show Time, issued late in 2006, was recorded live on tour and includes duets with Matthieu Chedid, Pauline Croze, Lhasa de Sela and Jacques Higelin.
It was attended by his widow Annick Cozannec and their daughter Pia, the French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti and numerous personalities from the entertainment world - Guy Bedos, Véronique Genest, Maxime Le Forestier, Jacques Higelin, Brigitte Fontaine, Arthur H, Valérie Mairesse, Hervé Vilard, Irène Jacob, François Corbier, Cali, Sapho, Enrico Macias, François Morel, Costa Gavras.
While playing a number of small roles in various motion pictures, Higelin was taught to play the guitar by Henri Crolla, a French-Italian jazz guitarist and film composer.
•
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (born 18 October 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France) is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s.
•
Izïa Higelin, a daughter, a singer (born to Higelin and Aziza)
•
Arthur H, an elder son and a famous French singer (born to Higelin and Nicole Courtois)
Jacques Chirac | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Jacques Offenbach | Jacques-Louis David | Jacques Brel | Jacques Lacan | Jacques Derrida | Jacques Cartier | Jacques Cousteau | Jean-Jacques Goldman | Jacques Lipchitz | Jacques Higelin | Jacques Dutronc | Jacques Delors | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Jacques Rouvier | Jacques Rogge | Jacques Prévert | Jacques Villeneuve | Jacques Lanzmann | Jacques Hébert | Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris | Jacques Attali | Jacques | Jacques Monod | Jacques Maritain | Jacques Kallis | Jacques Fath | Jacques Anquetil | André-Jacques Garnerin |
It was during this period that a few other variety music artists - Catherine Ribeiro, Jacques Higelin, Bernard Lavilliers and others - flirted with rock, but without completely changing over.
She comes from a family of musicians; her father is Jacques Higelin and her brother is Arthur H.