Johnny Hallyday and Michel Berger, the secrets of their meeting with Nathalie Baye – Gala

Johnny Hallyday

In his autobiography, Not born for it, the producer Jean-Claude Camus tells the story of the encounter between Johnny Hallyday and Michel Berger, who will give the album a Rock ‘ n roll Attitude that has revived the career of the rocker in 1985.

In the early 80’s, Johnny Hallyday is struggling to renew. But in the spring of 1982, the rocker starts as a couple, with the actress Nathalie Baye. In his autobiography, In my eyes, Johnny Hallyday wrote : “I was not in the habit of hitting on girls like Nathalie, she was to share. It was a nerd with friends who had voted for Mitterrand, put scarves and trousers in velvet and went to the festival of Avignon”. The couple will give birth to Laura in November of 1983.

But before separating in 1986, Nathalie Baye, with the complicity of the producer Jean-Claude Camus, made a gift to Johnny Hallyday, which will mark a turning point in the career of the singer. She has an agenda, a meeting with the composer and singer Michel Berger, which he will write and produce the album Rock ‘ n ‘ roll Attitude. The producer tells : I felt immediately that this collaboration opened doors on the future. Michel Berger would be his new record producer. Here begins the resurrection of Hallyday, the explosion in total, the huge return and a success that will last decades, because ilchange completely out of registry, and the public follows it with enthusiasm.”

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