Jean-François Michael

Who is Jean-François Michael?

Yves Roze better known as Jean-François Michael is a French singer born on 16 April 1946. Between 1963 and 1968, he sang under his birth name Yves Roze. In 1968, Michel Berger wrote "Adieu Jolie Candy" that was a huge hit for Yves Roze, but releasing the song under the name Jean-François Michael with the single selling more than 5 million copies.

Under the new name Jean-François Michael, sometimes the "e" in Michael was written with the umlaut on the "e" as in Jean-François Michaël. He released three albums between 1968 and 1972, and a number of singles, but struck by a grave illness, he abandoned his musical career. He came back in 1975, but as a music director and producer.