The bonds that tie Paris Match with song are even deeper and more intimate than it seems. It was a staff reporter, Roger Thérond, who, out of friendship, shuffled through his contacts to score an audition for a young unknown singer whose music they had never heard, Georges Brassens. Ten years later, a former photographer from Paris Match, Daniel Filipacchi, then a anchor for “Salut les Copains” on the French national radio Europe 1, contributed more than anyone to a young man’s fame who, although he made his first stage appearances singing Brassens, had since converted to rock and roll, Johnny Hallyday.
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