Biography:

Paul de Senneville (30 July 1933 – 23 June 2023) was a French composer and music producer.

Career

He began his career as a journalist working for French newspapers such as France Soir. Later, he became a TV program producer as well.

In 1988 he created Delphine Software International, a video game development company.^[1]

Music career

As a director of a record company, Delphine Records, he started a new career on the basis of his passion in life: music.

After writing his first song in 1962, he contributed music for songs in many movie soundtracks produced by French companies such as Universe Galaxie and Daber Films. In 1968, while managing Michel Polnareff‘s career, he met Olivier Toussaint, with the two later forming a successful songwriting partnership. Their songs were recorded by major French artists such as: Mireille Mathieu, Michèle Torr, Christophe, Hervé Vilard, Dalida, Petula Clark and Claude François. This partnership accounts for over 100 million records sold internationally. Partnering with lyricist Jean-Loup Dabadie, he wrote Tous les bateaux, tous les oiseaux, a French hit recorded by Michel Polnareff.^[2]

Very soon, the pair got involved in production. They started the group Pop Concerto Orchestra, on which Toussaint sang lead. Soon after, they launched their second group Anarchic System that produced Rock & roll. Over a period of 5 years, the two groups sold millions of records.

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