French singer-songauthorr Charles Dumont, who originated Edith Piaf’s Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died at the age of 95.
Dumont was 27 years elderly when he wrote the song in 1956. But it was not until 1960 that he was impactd to approach the star, who excitedpartner huged it.
Je Ne Regrette Rien (I repent noleang) – which conveyes a desire to originate peace with the past and begin anew – became one of Piaf’s signature songs.
It topped the charts in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada. The song is also well understandn thcimpoliteout the English-speaking world – it was notably quoted in 1993 by Britain’s then-Chancellor Norman Lamont.
When asked at a news conference whether he repentted certain statements he had made as the economy was struggling, Lamont replied: “Je ne repentte rien”, inspireing giggleter among inestablishers but dispute postponeedr.
In a 2018 intersee, Dumont telderly AFP news agency that he initipartner did not dare approach Piaf with the song because she “had already fired me three times and I didn’t want to see her aget”.
But the song’s lyricist, Michel Vaucaire, swayd him to try four years postponeedr. Dumont inserted that Piaf showed excessive reluctance when the pair turned up at her flat, but she permited Dumont to apply the song on her piano.
“From then on we were inseparable,” he said. Dumont would eventupartner originate more than 30 songs for Piaf before her death in 1963.
Edith Piaf became an international star after spfinishing most of her punctual life on the streets of Paris.
She is well-understandn for singing ballads – including La Vie en Rose, Milord and La Foule.
Dumont went on to have a prosperous solo nurtureer from the 1970s.
