His real name Claude DHOTEL, C.JEROME was born on 21
December 1946 in Paris in the 12th arrondissement. Entrusted to his
grandparents, he spent his childhood in Champenoux, a small village near Nancy. At
16, he formed his first rock and roll "The Storms" with which all the
weekends he plays all the scenes in the region. During the week he works
as a shoe salesman. At 17, he decided to go try his luck in Paris. It
frequents fashionable places "Golf Drouot", "Locomotive"
... and met Jean Albertini who became his producer. In 1967, he chose as a
pseudonym C.JEROME and recorded his first 45 "The Betrothed" who did
not win the desired success. With the second, "Little Red Riding Hood
is dead", he became the darling of the hit show "SLC Hi folks"
on Europe 1. In 1969, he recorded "When the tide goes out" that
quickly became a success. In 1972, his first big hit "Kiss me" sold
over a million copies. It is number 1 in France and in many countries:
Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland,
Austria ...There are 22 versions of this song in the world! He then
released several gold records: "Himalaya", "Manhattan",
"The little girl 73", "It's me", etc.. In 1982, He
released an adaptation of Shaking Stevens "Julie madness" and In 1985
he celebrated an amazing comeback with "And you dance with him" more
than a million records sold and listed in the first six months of the Top 50
places. The following year, he ranked offense remaining four months Top with
"Last Kisses". In February 1993, he triumphed at the Olympia
where he celebrated his 25-year career. In 1995, he became leader of RMC
where he has every morning "Years tubes."During the summer of 1996,
he has every night "La Chanson treasure" on TF1. Michel Drucker
then engages in his program "Confidentially Yours" where he hosts a
souvenir item. In 1997, he was emergency surgery for a cancerous tumor
that announcement. It keeps the morale and soon recovered, he resumed
radio, TV, galas and recorded a new album "Song for Carole." After
several relapses, evil reappears in late 1999. Once again, he fights
against this terrible disease this time, wins March 14, 2000. He was only
53 years old. 30-year career, he has sold over 26 million records.
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