His great-grand father, Gilbert Duprez, was a very well known Opera singer under the 2nd Empire.  His Father's parents met at the Opera : they were both singers.

"My mother is an excellent pianist" says Olivier Toussaint, "She performed in big orchestras.  As you can see, since I was a kid, classical music has always been part of my life: many artists used to come to my parents to play piano, violin and cello for hours.  Anyhow, this classical music background didn't really fit to my expectations, I was much more carried away by Jazz, easy listening orchestras, American and British groups such as The Platters or The Shadows, solo singers such as Paul Anka and of course in 1963 I fell in love with The Beatles......."

Olivier's mother wanted him to go to University.  He successfully graduated in Sociology and Economic Science.  But degrees didn't prevent him to take part as lead-singer in several groups which he set up himself.

By chance, he met with Paul de Senneville with whom he started a partnership in 1968. "At that time Paul de Senneville was managing Michel Polnareff's career......... I was virtually nothing."

"We started to write songs together and rapidly our song-writing team got well known: our titles were recorded by major French singers such as Michel Polnareff, Mireille Matthieu, Michèle Torr, Christophe, Hervé Vilard, Dalida, Petula Clark and Claude Francois.  All in all, the partnership Paul de Senneville / Olivier Toussaint as songwriters and producers totalizes around 100 million records sold internationally.

Pretty soon they also got involved in Production business: they started up the group "Pop Concerto Orchestra" with Olivier Toussaint as lead singer.  then they launched a second Rock 'n' Roll group "Anarchic System."  Over a period of 5 years both groups sold several millions of records.

1975 is the major breakthrough for Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint with the triumph of "Dolannes Melody" which launched the trumpet player Jean-Claude Borelly.

A year later they discovered Richard Clayderman an established him as the top French record seller world-wide: more than 65 millions of LPs sold.

Olivier Toussaint is fascinated by foreign cultures and languages: during his numerous trips abroad his favourite "hobby" is to pick up as many words as possible, this way, he is now very fluent in several European languages. "I'd rather sing in Italian or English than in French",  says he.

Since 1978, Olivier Toussaint found it essential to break his artists abroad: obviously he was the right man to handle the situation.  Today, 30 people work in Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint's company - Delphine Records.  They have 4 recording studios in the "hotel particulier" they own close to the Champs Elysées.

In 1983 with the title "Eden is a magic world", Olivier Toussaint got No.1 in the charts in France, Switzerland and Belgium.  "I've worked so much for my artists that I've completely forgotten to take care of my career.  Right now what I need is a brilliant manager!" says Olivier Toussaint with a smile.  "Actually, singing is what I like most."