[2] Born to a Spanish father and an Italian mother in Le Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Hernandez grew up in the 1960s and was interested in music.
Hernández met his music partner Hervé Tholance, an arranger, guitarist, and vocalist, during that period.
In 1978, Hernandez met the producer Jean Vanloo with disco music at its peak, and signed a recording contract.
[citation needed] While Hernandez was touring the United States, he was accompanied by Vanloo and his friend Jean-Claude Pellerin.
Vanloo and Pellerin held auditions in New York that spring for dancers to accompany Hernández on his worldwide tour.