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Tuesday August 2 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Michel Berger. The singer had died of a heart attack. His texts and melodies have crossed time and generations.
Thirty years after his death, Tuesday August 2, Michel Berger and his songs are still in everyone’s mind. “His songs are of a poetry and a romanticism that touch me”says a woman. Michel Berger was a bourgeois teenager whose first steps as a singer yeye were not promising. His first successes were carried by performers such as Véronique Sanson with Song about my funny life or even Françoise Hardy for whom he has writing Personal message.
Michel Berger’s albums remain confidential until 1980. “Once he tasted the success of the pianist’s groupie (…) he really liked having success with the public”explains François Alquier, author ofA life in songs (ed. Hugo Doc). With France Gall, whose life he shares, they are frequently invited to TV shows. He met with worldwide success thanks to the musical starmania.