His mother was a dressmaker and his father worked in the health service of the ministry of war.
[1] Some comedians among his friends convinced him to join them as an actor, and to accompany them with his guitar.
[2] Ogeret started singing around 1954 songs from songwriters such as Félix Leclerc and Léo Ferré outside coffeehouses.
[1] In 1968, he recorded two sets of revolutionary songs, but the issue was postponed due to the May 1968 events in France.
He also recorded sea shanties and Le Condamné à mort, a set of poems written by Jean Genet about gay sex in prison.