1. Benjamin Siksou was born on 8 February 1987 and is a French singer-songwriter and actor.
10 Facts About Benjamin Siksou
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Benjamin Siksou was born to a visual-artist mother and media consultant father.
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Benjamin Siksou began taking violin and tennis classes in 1989 at the age of two and a half years, but in 2000 a knee injury prevented him from realizing his childhood dream of becoming a professional tennis player.
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Benjamin Siksou joined a band with some of his friends from his college and, beginning in 2005, performed in Parisian jazz bars such as the Caveau des Oubliettes, the Melody Blues, the Swan Bar, and the cafe Le Charteux.
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In 2007, now studying in his second year of art history, Benjamin Siksou decided to interrupt his studies to dedicate himself to music, and obtained his first roles in the film industry in the same year.
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Some musicians that have influenced Benjamin Siksou are: John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Jeff Buckley, Ella Fitzgerald, Alain Bashung, Lauryn Hill, John Coltrane, and James Chance.
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Benjamin Siksou appeared on the 6th season of the French reality singing competition show Nouvelle Star in 2008.
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The official Facebook page for Benjamin Siksou has accumulated 110,000 members.
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Benjamin Siksou sang two of the songs in the album: a solo "I Fall in Love Too Easily" and a duo "Lullaby of Birdland" with China Moses.
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Benjamin Siksou's EP was the result of his first French tour.