Charles Dumont, composer of Edith Piaf’s ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’, dies aged 95

Singer-songwriter Charles Dumont has died after affected by a long-term sickness, his household revealed. Dupont wrote songs for among the music world’s greatest stars, together with Barbara Streisand, Gloria Lasso, Tino Rossi and Dalida.

Nonetheless, Dumont was thrown into the highlight by one tune specifically – ‘Non Je Ne Regrette Rien’ – which he labored laborious to persuade Edith Piaf to sing.

Dupont first wrote the tune in 1956, aged 27 years outdated. Nonetheless, Piaf would solely settle for to sing the tune just a few years later in 1960. Her rendition of ‘Non Je Ne Regrette Rien’ on the well-known Parisian Olympia venue in December of that 12 months, is what would propel him to stardom.

Dupont went on to jot down round thirty different songs for Piaf, even singing the tune ‘Les Amants’ alongside her.

Though Dumont was keen about music from a younger age, his makes an attempt to be taught musical idea and piano had been unsuccessful. This led him to begin off with the trumpet, impressed by the music of the nice Louis Armstrong.

When he discovered himself unable to proceed enjoying the trumpet for well being causes, he turned to writing songs.

French Minister of Tradition Rachida Dati celebrated the composer’s achievement in an announcement posted on X, qualifying him as a “sacred determine of French music.”