Coquatrix was first known as a song and music writer. He wrote over 300 songs, including
Mon ange (1940) ;
Dans un coin de mon pays (1940);
Clopin-clopant (1947);
Cheveux dans le vent (1949), as well as some operettas. He was also an
impresario, representing
Jacques Pills and
Lucienne Boyer, among others. He managed the variety theatre
Bobino before he took over the
Olympia Hall, Europe's biggest music hall in 1954. In 1956, during a "tomorrow's number 1" audition at the Olympia, Coquatrix, Lucien Morrisse and
Eddie Barclay discovered the unknown cabaret singer
Dalida. He then staged all the era's celebrities, including
Georges Brassens,
Jacques Brel,
Gilbert Bécaud,
Ewa Demarczyk,
Johnny Hallyday,
Violetta Villas,
Umm Kulthum,
Édith Piaf,
Annie Cordy,
Charles Aznavour,
Mireille Mathieu and
Yves Montand. Bruno Coquatrix co-founded a record company, the Disques Versailles. Bruno Coquatrix was the director of the casino of
Cabourg (
Calvados) in the 1950s, and the mayor of
Cabourg from 1971 until his death in 1979. His mandate as Mayor of Cabourg was focused on the development of tourism and real estate, and the growth of Cabourg's
sister cities (+11 during his mandate). ==Personal life==