French singer.
Born as Jean-Marc Brige in Cherbourg (Manche) on 17 December 1945 and died in Paris 21 November 1994.
In the early 1960s , Billy Bridge is noticed by
Kurt Mohr, who works for the [l33930] label. He published under this label, his first album
Surboum in 1962 , where he enjoys the support of the American guitarist
Mickey Baker. The same year, he popularized in France the American dance the madison . He had more success with
Le Madison, the big M, Madison flirt ... He is then called Le Petit Prince Madison. He did a concert in September 1962 at the Olympia in Paris, with his band The Mustangs as support-act for the British group
The Shadows. It appears in an English film Just for fun (1963), of Gordon Flemyng .
Billy Bridge experiencing an eclipse and goes under his name, the charts in 1964. He started to writing songs for others (
Karen Cheryl, Stone ,
Jean-Noël Dupré,
Cliff Richard,
Dick Rivers and was successful again, especially with
Philippe Lavil.
In 1969, under the pseudonym
Michel Sorel, he wrote a few songs without succes.
Billy Bridge raise his career in England in 1971, under the pseudonym
Black Swan, he sells a million copies of his song [m514589]. He ended his life by giving concerts in France cultivating nostalgia for his debut.