Goya started her career as a yé-yé singer, singing a mid-1960s hybrid of girl-group pop and French chanson.

Upon her return in France, Debout was waiting for her at the station and sang to her a song he had written and composed when she was in England, called "Nos doigts se sont croisés" (Our fingers had been crossed), and Chantal fell in love with him.

In 1964, Chantal first became a model for fashion photographers in the teenage girls' magazine "Mademoiselle Âge Tendre" (Little Miss Tender Age).

In the fall of 1964, Chantal was invited to the TV show Rendez-vous sur le Rhin, presented by Albert Raisner, to sing her first song "C'est bien Bernard," which the influential film director Jean-Luc Godard was watching.

Although the movie was deemed unsuitable for audiences under the age of 18 upon its release on 22 March 1966, it sold 427,430 tickets at the box office in France.

In 1975, Jean-Jacques Debout hosted, composed lyrics and music and sang in a TV-show Numero Un produced by Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier.

The closing number ended up being a song he wrote and composed called Adieu les jolis foulards, which was sung by Chantal Goya and children.

Maritie Carpentier convinced Chantal Goya to make a record of Adieu les Jolis Foulards, certain it would be a big success.

Until they met François Dacla, the director of the French arm of RCA Records, at a José Féliciano performance.