Michel Delpech

Multi-million selling French pop artist (b 1946 in Courbevoie near Paris) who once opened for Jacques Brel at l"Olympia. Chez Laurette, a rite of passage ballad that hit number 1 in France in 1965 kicked off a string of hits that included million selling 1971's Pour Un Flirt ( a summer hit all across Europe covered in the UK as Flirt by Jonathon King). Other successes include Les Divorces; Wight Is Wight;Que Marianne Etait Jolie; Rimbaud Chanterait; Le Chasseur; Les Aveux; Je Pense A Toi; 62 Nos 15 Ans; Le Loir-Et-Cher. Aftera long depression when his star had faded and divorced from his 1st wife, he enjoyed a second spot in the limelight with 1985's critically acclaimed album Loin D'Ici.Continues to tour and release discs to present day. (Strange fact: Michel Delpech is the god-father of Jeanne Marine, Bob Geldof's partner)