in 1960, hills cut her first recordings with henri salvador, “près de la cascade” and “cha cha stop”, for the french barclay record label on an ep entitled "allo brigitte? ne coupez pas!". in 1961, she appeared at the olympia theatre in paris on a bill with johnny hallyday. she remained with the barclay label until 1964, having released both cover versions and original self-penned recordings.