Real name: Maurice Abitbol

Effective period / Period of releases: 1970 - 1975

Gil Bernard was born in Mazagan, Morocco. After completing his studies, he became secretary, did a bit of sports journalism and finding no one to interpret the songs he loved to write, performed them himself at the "Guinguette Fleurie" the great music hall of Casablanca.

It was there that Philippe Clay Jean Bretonnière and other touring stars heard him and encouraged him to go to Paris.