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Belgian editor, musician, producer, songwriter

Musical artist

Roger François Jouret (born 24 February 1954),^[1] better known as Plastic Bertrand, is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi".

Biography

Early life and bands

Jouret was born in Brussels to a French father and Ukrainian mother.^[2] At the age of nine, he became a singer and drummer in the Buffalo Scouts Band, a group he formed with the Boy Scouts, which performed covers of Rolling Stones songs.

He then formed a band called The Pelicans, which performed at parties. They changed their name to Passing the Time, presenting their act in bars, in clubs and at festivals along the Dutch and Belgian coasts. Later he was hired by pirate radio station Radio Veronica.

Meanwhile, he continued his education at the Music Academy studying music theory and percussion, passing his de