Michel Polnareff

Michel Polnareff, born in Nerac (Lot-et-Garonne) on 3 July 1944, is a French singer who was very popular from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s. While his commercial success is considerably smaller nowadays, he is still active and critically respected.

Michel was born into an artistic family: his mother, Simone Lane, was a dancer and his father, Leib Polnareff or Leo Poll worked with Edith Piaf. He learned piano by age five and was a very good music student. He learned the guitar, and after his studies, military service, and a brief time in insurance, he began to play his guitar on the steps of the Sacre Coeur.

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