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Browse piano sheets by Michel Berger on Zen Virtual Piano. Michel Berger wrote the lyrics and music of the sung part of the song "Message personnel". Françoise Hardy supplied the title of the song and the words of its spoken part. In 1973 Berger was responsible for producing the album Message personnel, and its title track relaunched Hardy's career. The shared credit on the song and Berger's production of the album may point to him working with Hardy in more than one role. Berger was born on 28 November 1947 in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, the son of Dr. Jean Hamburger and Annette Haas, a concert pianist of Swiss-Jewish origin. Berger studied philosophy at the université Paris-Nanterre, in May 1968, and earned his master's degree at 21 with Esthétique de la pop musique, which included a comparative study of two Jimi Hendrix albums, Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love. If his mother's career as a concert pianist is read beside his thesis on pop music, music may appear in both his family and his studies. Berger became known as a singer in the era of Salut les copains in the 1960s. In 1963 he made his first television appearance, singing the song "la Camomille". That year he released his first EP, which included the song "D'autres filles"; further singles followed but did not catch the public. In 1974 Berger began his most important collaboration with France Gall, writing and producing "La Déclaration d'amour" for her. In 1978 he composed the musical Starmania, with lyrics by Luc Plamondon. His early singles that did not catch the public and his later work for France Gall may hint at a career that included both singing and writing for others. Before dying suddenly at 44, Berger planned to continue his career in the United States, and he was fascinated by Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Ray Charles. In Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches, in 1990, Berger recounts that the first record he bought was by Ray Charles. Berger died of a heart attack after a tennis match at Ramatuelle on 2 August 1992. It came weeks after his first album of duets with France Gall appeared and six months after his father died. One way to read his plan for the United States and his recounting of a Ray Charles record is as two points where music from outside his own songs enters his story.
Browse piano sheets by Michel Berger on Zen Virtual Piano.
Michel Berger wrote the lyrics and music of the sung part of the song "Message personnel". Françoise Hardy supplied the title of the song and the words of its spoken part. In 1973 Berger was responsible for producing the album Message personnel, and its title track relaunched Hardy's career. The shared credit on the song and Berger's production of the album may point to him working with Hardy in more than one role.
Berger was born on 28 November 1947 in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, the son of Dr. Jean Hamburger and Annette Haas, a concert pianist of Swiss-Jewish origin. Berger studied philosophy at the université Paris-Nanterre, in May 1968, and earned his master's degree at 21 with Esthétique de la pop musique, which included a comparative study of two Jimi Hendrix albums, Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love. If his mother's career as a concert pianist is read beside his thesis on pop music, music may appear in both his family and his studies.
Berger became known as a singer in the era of Salut les copains in the 1960s. In 1963 he made his first television appearance, singing the song "la Camomille". That year he released his first EP, which included the song "D'autres filles"; further singles followed but did not catch the public. In 1974 Berger began his most important collaboration with France Gall, writing and producing "La Déclaration d'amour" for her. In 1978 he composed the musical Starmania, with lyrics by Luc Plamondon. His early singles that did not catch the public and his later work for France Gall may hint at a career that included both singing and writing for others.
Before dying suddenly at 44, Berger planned to continue his career in the United States, and he was fascinated by Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Ray Charles. In Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches, in 1990, Berger recounts that the first record he bought was by Ray Charles. Berger died of a heart attack after a tennis match at Ramatuelle on 2 August 1992. It came weeks after his first album of duets with France Gall appeared and six months after his father died. One way to read his plan for the United States and his recounting of a Ray Charles record is as two points where music from outside his own songs enters his story.
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Michel Berger wrote the lyrics and music of the sung part of the song, while Françoise Hardy supplied the title and the words of the spoken part.
In 1973 Michel Berger was responsible for producing the album Message personnel, and its title track relaunched Hardy's career.
In 1978 Michel Berger composed the musical Starmania, with lyrics by Luc Plamondon.
In 1974 Michel Berger began his most important collaboration with France Gall, writing and producing "La Déclaration d'amour" for her.