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The famous composer, Charles Dumont, has passed away
2024-11-18 20:07:37 / SHOWBIZ
French singer-songwriter Charles Dumont, who composed the song "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" by Edith Piaf, has died at the age of 95.
Dumont was 27 when he wrote the song in 1956. But it wasn't until 1960 that he was persuaded to approach the star, who enthusiastically accepted.
"Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" (I do not regret anything), which expresses the desire to make peace with the past and start anew, became one of Piaf's popular songs.
It topped the charts in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada. The song is also popular throughout the English-speaking world, it was notably quoted in 1993 by the then British Chancellor Norman Lamont.
When asked at a press conference if he regretted the optimistic statements he had made while the economy was struggling, Lamont replied, "Je ne regrette rien," prompting laughter among reporters but controversy later.
In a 2018 interview, Dumont told the AFP news agency that he initially didn't dare approach Piaf with the song because she "had already fired me three times and I didn't want to see her again."
But the song's lyricist, Michel Vaucaire, convinced him to give it a try four years later. Dumont added that Piaf showed extreme reluctance when the pair appeared at her apartment, but she allowed Dumont to play the song on the piano.
"From then on we were inseparable," he said. Dumont would eventually compose more than 30 songs for Piaf before her death in 1963.
Dumont also wrote for stars such as Jacques Brel, Juliette Gréco and Barbra Streisand. He went on to have a successful solo career through the 1970s.
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