Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin's Love Affair in Photos

L'OFFICIEL looks back on the best moments of the '60s power couple: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin.

The couple photographed by Araldo Crollalanza.

From writing saucy songs for Brigitte Bardot to propositioning Whitney Houston on TV, France's pop poet Serge Gainsbourg led a very scandalous life and music career. Since he met British actress and model Jane Birkin on the set of the film Slogan, directed by Pierre Grimblat in 1968, they have been one of the most memorable couples of the late '60s. Their passionate love, besides dominating the gossip columns of those years, is recounted in the songs, films, and photographs that portray the cheeky duo in their 13-year romance. Parents to actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, the happy couple spent many summers on the French Riviera with their kids (Birkin is also mother to singer Lou Doillon and photographer Kate Barry) and fully embodied the epitome of the '70s bohemia with their great sense of style. To commemorate the late Gainsbourg's birthday, look back on his best moments with Birkin.

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Jane Birkin with Serge Gainsbourg in Paris, 1969.

Gainsbourg and Birkin became creative partners as well as romantic partners.

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Their first hit song together was "Je t'aime... moi non plus," a song that Gainsbourg originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot. The version with Birkin rose to the top of the UK charts.