Jean-Michel Bertrand Delpech was born the 26th January in in Courbevoie , a city located in the Parisian suburbs. He had two younger sisters named Catherine and Martine. In , while in high school, he created a little orchestra with his schoolmates. Before taking his final exams, he left high school in January to focus on singing. He took a chance by attending an audition in Paris to join the disque Vogue record company.
At age 18, he released his first record called Anatole, and met composer Roland Vincent. On the train, between Saint Lazare and Saint Cloud train station, he writes the lyrics of Chez Laurette, for which Roland Vincent felt seduced and inspired and quickly found a melody. During this musical comedy, Delpech meets Chantal Simon, who he sang a song with.
The same year, under the Festival Label, he recorded its 2nd 45 laps : Inventaire , new stepping stone towards the star status. Still in , he made the first part during 38 shows of Jacques Brel who said goodbye to the Olympia. Same year, he quits the Festival record company and moves to Barclay.
Wight is wight, right in the Hippie era, is being sold at more than a million pieces in Europe. The very romantic Pour un flirt is a hit in French speaking countries, and in the Netherlands. In just 4 months, more than 4 millions units are being sold. In , the singer leaves his manager Johnny Stark to benefit a much wider artistic liberty, and 2 years later, stops his collaboration with Rolland Vincent looking for other writers.
As this songs contrasts with the usual breezy and happy tone of previous Michel Delpech songs, Barclay company is afraid this song will have a negative impact on the singer, and they are very hesitant to release the song. They finally accept. The impact of the lyrics on the society is so big that the mutual agreement divorce law will be adopted 3 years later.
