Has eight children: David, Elise, Frédéric, Jean-Baptiste,
Jeanne-Marie, Judith, Juliette and Clovis.
In the early 1980s, he sang with Robert Quibel and his Orchestra three hits composed by Henri Betti in Dimanche Martin (1980) : "Le Régiment des Mandolines" (composed in 1946 with the lyrics of Maurice Vandair), "C'est si bon" (composed in 1947 with the lyrics of André Hornez) and "Maître Pierre" (composed in 1948 with the lyrics of Jacques Plante).