13 Facts About Michel Delpech

Jean-Michel Delpech, known as Michel Delpech, was a French singer-songwriter and actor.

Jean-Michel Bertrand Delpech was born the 26th January in 1946 in Courbevoie, a city located in the Parisian suburbs.

Michel Delpech had two younger sisters named Catherine and Martine.

The young Michel Delpech spent weekends and holidays with his provincial family, sometimes working in his aunt's grocery store.

Michel Delpech's parents having moved to Cormeilles-en-Parisis in Seine-et-Oise, Jean-Michel Delpech studied at the Chabanne college and in the Pontoise's Camille-Pissarro high school between 1961 and 1964.

Michel Delpech took a chance by attending an audition in Paris to join the disque Vogue record company.

In 1965, Michel Delpech attended a musical comedy Copains-Clopant, which was featured for 6 months, before at the Michodiere theater and then at the Gymnase Theater in Paris: the integration of the Chez Laurette Music helped him to be famous.

In 1963, Michel Delpech released his debut hit "Anatole" on Disques Vogue.

In 1964, Michel Delpech met Roland Vincent, and a long singing songwriting partnership ensued, with Michel Delpech being signed to Festival French record label.

Michel Delpech was the opening act for Jacques Brel's goodbye concert at the Paris Olympia.

Michel Delpech had some new releases but with limited success.

Michel Delpech had long been a heavy smoker, going through a pack of cigarettes daily starting at the age of 18 and quitting only after his diagnosis to throat cancer in 2013.

Michel Delpech died at a hospital in Puteaux, France on 2 January 2016 at the age of 69.