Patrick Hernandez

Patrick Hernandez (born 1949) is a French singer who had a huge worldwide hit with "Born To Be Alive" in 1979.

Hernandez was born in Guadeloupe, France to a Spanish father and a half Australian and half Italian

Patrick Hernandez (born 1949) is a French singer who had a huge worldwide hit with "Born To Be Alive" in 1979.

Hernandez was born in Guadeloupe, France to a Spanish father and a half Australian and half Italian mother in 1949. Growing up in the 1960s, he became interested in music, and toured dancehalls and ballrooms of southern France with a number of groups over the next decade. Hernandez met his music partner Herve Tholance, an arranger, guitarist and vocalist, during that period. The five formed a duo and started achieving local success backing French musicians like Francis Cabrel, Laurent Voulzy and the French group Gold among others.