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Michel Polnareff

Michel Polnareff started playing guitar at 16 and formed a band called Les Playboys. His first single "La Poupée Qui Fait Non" came out in 1966 and became a...

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Michel Polnareff, France's pop enigma with a guitar

A French singer-songwriter whose 1966 hit "La Poupée Qui Fait Non" launched a career of melodic invention.

For a quick sense of his sound, try "365 Jours Par An" or "Lettre à France." They frame that mix of pop craft and slight unease he does so well.

Polnareff's songs have a way of sticking around. "La Poupée Qui Fait Non" was the first one people heard, but later tracks like "Lettre À France" showed he could write a melody that felt both classic and slightly off-center. He mixed pop with rock and sometimes classical touches, which gave his work a particular texture that French audiences kept returning to.

He started playing guitar at 16 and formed a band called Les Playboys. After "La Poupée Qui Fait Non" hit in 1966, he kept recording through the 1970s and 1980s with songs like "Love Me Please Love Me" and later "Kama-sutra," dealing with health problems along the way but continuing to work.

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Michel Polnareff started playing guitar at 16 and formed a band called Les Playboys. His first single "La Poupée Qui Fait Non" came out in 1966 and became a hit in France. That song, along with later ones like "Love Me Please Love Me" and "Ta ta ta ta," helped establish him as a pop figure there.

His music mixed pop with rock and sometimes classical touches. He kept recording through the 1970s and 1980s, putting out songs like "Lettre À France" and later "Kama-sutra."

Polnareff dealt with health problems and other challenges in the 1980s, but he continued to work. He was born in Nérac in 1944 and drew some early inspiration from British rock acts.

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