She worked and was produced mainly by Daniel Balavoine a famous French singer who wrote nearly 30 songs for her.

In 1983, she participated in the musical fairy tale "Abbacadabra" by Alain Boublil based on ABBA's songs.

Balavoine died in 1986, having failed to finish the French lyrics of a song originally written for Frida of Abba.

In the spring of 2010, things came full circle, with Catherine Ferry returning to Geneva in order to record her new single "Petit Jean" with John Woolloff, the guitar player of the late Daniel Balavoine.

As her songs became "cult" favourites, one of them, "1, 2, 3", was selected to appear in the movie "Potiche", by French director François Ozon, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.