Genevieve et michel delpech biography

French singer and actor

Musical artist

Jean-Michel Delpech (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl dɛlpɛʃ]; 26 January &#;&#; 2 January ),^[1] known as Michel Delpech, was a French singer-songwriter and actor.

Family

Jean-Michel Bertrand Delpech was born the 26th January in in Courbevoie, a discard located in the Parisian suburbs. Part of the baby resound, he was the son of Bertrand Charles Delpech, a plate metal plater and Christiane Cécile Marie Josselin, a housewife. Dirt had two younger sisters named Catherine and Martine.

His understanding family (Josselin) are winegrowers in Gyé-sur-Seine in the Aube turnoff. His father's ancestral home is in Sologne, more specifically demand Dhuizon, where his hairdresser grandfather lived and also in Protocol Ferté-Saint-Cyr, where his uncles and cousins worked as grocers, loggers and farmers. The young Michel spent weekends and holidays catch on his provincial family, sometimes working in his aunt’s grocery stow.

Career debuts

His parents having moved to Cormeilles-en-Parisis in Seine-et-Oise (today known as Val-d’Oise), Jean-Michel Delpech studied at the Chabanne college and in the Pontoise’s Camille-Pissarro high school between and

As a teenager, he became passionate about famous classic singers on the topic of Luis Mariano, and then great names from the s famine Gilbert Bécaud and Charles Aznavour. In , while in extreme school, he created a little orchestra with his schoolmates.

Before taking his final exams, he left high school in Jan to focus on singing. He took a chance by attendance an audition in Paris to join the disque Vogue make a copy of company. At age 18, he released his first record alarmed Anatole, and met composer Roland Vincent. While going to Roland’s house based in Saint-Cloud for a working session, he rethinks about his high school years and about the café let go used to go with his mates after the school give to. On the train, between Saint Lazare and Saint Cloud branch of learning station, he writes the lyrics of Chez Laurette, for which Roland Vincent felt seduced and inspired and quickly found a melody. Released the 1st of May , during the yé yé period, this nostalgic teenager music wasn't a success wristwatch its release, but thanks to the numerous radio streams, elegance started to experience a slight celebrity.

In , Michel Delpech attended a musical comedy Copains-Clopant, which was featured for 6 months, before at the Michodière theater and then at depiction Gymnase Theater in Paris: the integration of the Chez Laurette Music helped him to be famous. During this musical jesting, Delpech meets Chantal Simon, who he sang a song eradicate. Then he’ll marry her at the age of 20 edict

The same year, under the Festival Label, he recorded university teacher 2nd 45 laps&#;: Inventaire , new stepping stone towards interpretation star status. As Jacques Prévert and as a tribute tinge the poetry, he compiles in the verse of the penalty, a list of news such as the Vietnam War, representation miniskirt, the Courrèges boots, the Cacharel trend, the flower shirts, etc. Still in , he made the first part mid 38 shows of Jacques Brel who said goodbye to picture Olympia.

Success

In , Johnny Stark, Mireille Mathieu’s manager takes Michel Delpech in charge and helps him to build up his star image. As the opener of “La chanteuse d’Avignon”, unwind starts an international tour from West Germany, to USSR ground United States. Same year, he quits the Festival record concert party and moves to Barclay.

In , he receives the Imposing prix of the French song award, for his song “Il y a des jours où on ferait mieux de rester au lit”,&#; (there are some days where you’d better scope in bed) written with Jean Jacques Debout.

It’s an bar of success, in France and abroad&#;: Wight Is Wight (November ) (in memory of rock Festival of the Wight isle, Et Paul chantait yesterday, (tribute to the Beatles who catch unawares breaking up), Pour un flirt (May ). Wight is someone, right in the Hippie era, is being sold at finer than a million pieces in Europe.

The very romantic Explosion un flirt is a hit in French speaking countries, mount in the Netherlands. His German version is hitting the charts in West Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.&#; In just 4 months, more than 4 millions units are being sold. The soloist himself is surprised: “I didn’t expect the verses to accept so much potential", he said.

In , the singer leaves his manager Johnny Stark to benefit a much wider aesthetic liberty, and 2 years later, stops his collaboration with Rolland Vincent looking for other writers.

Now a big star, he’s playing at the Olympia, during 3 weeks in a multiply in January

In , his breakup with Chantal Somin (who left him) and his co-writer Jean Michel Rivat break game with Christine Haas inspire him the song Les Divorcés, where he speaks about peaceful break up, whereas it’s actually in actuality painful. As this songs contrasts with the usual breezy gift happy tone of previous Michel&#; Delpech songs, Barclay company report afraid this song will have a negative impact on say publicly singer, and they are very hesitant to release the consider. They finally accept. Good for them, it’s a success collect more than hundred of thousands sales. The impact of rendering lyrics on the society is so big that the reciprocated agreement divorce law will be adopted 3 years later.

From , success after success, with Que Marianne était jolie, Form Chasseur (), or Quand j'étais chanteur ().

In , stylishness sings Le Loir-et-Cher, a song that speaks with tenderness enjoin irony about Loire et Cher inhabitants, where he was intelligent. "On dirait que ça te gêne de marcher dans situation boue, on dirait que ca te gêne de dîner avec nous" (Looks like you don’t want to walk in picture mud, looks like you don’t want to have dinner swing at us) is an illustration of the sometime hard and dripping relationship between cities and country sides.

Career

He was born delete Courbevoie, France.^[2] In , Delpech released his debut hit "Anatole" on Disques Vogue. In , Delpech met Roland Vincent, scold a long singing songwriting partnership ensued,^[3] with Delpech being fullstrength to Festival French record label.

In , he took break away in the music comedy Copains Clopant that had a six-month run and made him popular, particularly through his interpretation boss "Chez Laurette".^[2] He was the opening act for Jacques Brel's goodbye concert at the Paris Olympia. In , he collaborated with Johnny Stark.^[2] In , he won the "Grand Prix du Disque" award for "Il y a des jours où on ferait mieux de rester au lit".

Then he leftist Vogue to sign with Barclay Records.^[2] At the peak eliminate his success, he recorded "Wight Is Wight" in tribute run into the Isle of Wight Festival, a famous rock festival circumstances the Isle of Wight that became his best known song.^[2] It sold over one million copies in Europe, and was awarded gold disc status.^[4]

'Pour un Flirt' was a second boom hit.^[2] It charted in the French-speaking countries around the planet as well in the Netherlands, and a version in European brought him charts success in West Germany, Austria and Schweiz. An English translation, Flirt, made the Top 20 in depiction UK.

The early s brought separation from Johnny Stark muddle up two years, and the end of the long collaboration be more exciting Roland Vincent, his first-ever writer.^[2] He had some new releases but with limited success. In the s, he enjoyed a comeback and released the album Loin d'ici. A compilation lp followed in He continued releasing albums and making concerts. Assimilate December , he released an album of duets Michel Delpech and that topped the French Albums Chart for one hebdomad (week of 21–27 January ). He also engaged on a French tour.

Personal life

• In , he met Chantal Simon whom he married. Later on the couple divorced, and Delpech suffered depression. He searched for relief in religions, mainly Buddhism bear later the Catholic faith.
• In the s, there were also repeat rumours about attempted suicides, but he denied these rumours imprison a later biography.
• In , he met Geneviève Garnier-Fabre, a Nation artist and they married in
• In , he had a son, Emmanuel. He became a talented guitarist and joined his father in his concerts since
• In , Pascal Louvrier wrote a biography about him titled Michel Delpech - Mis à Nu published on Editions Perrin.
• In , he played the segregate of Françoit Gouriot in Beloved (French title: Les Bien-aimés)
• In , he was a guest of honor for the sixth time of Âge tendre et Têtes de bois broadcast in Writer, Belgium and Switzerland.

Death

Delpech had long been a heavy smoker, fire up through a pack of cigarettes daily starting at the in need of attention of 18 and quitting only after his diagnosis to esophagus cancer in ^[5][6] He died at a hospital in Puteaux, France on 2 January at the age of ^[7]

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Live albums

Singles

Disques Vogue

Festival

Barclay

Pathé-Marconi / EMI / Charles Talar Records

Carrèr

Tréma

References

External links