The artist whose career took off in the 1960s with the famous song written for the great Edith Piaf, died following an illness on the night of Sunday November 17 to Monday November 18. He had also collaborated with Dalida, Tino Rossi and Barbra Streisand.
“No, I don’t regret anything, neither the good that was done to me, nor the bad, all that doesn’t matter to me”. The musician Charles Dumont, composer of this legendary title by Edith Piaf (No, I don't regret anything) died on the night of this Sunday November 17 to Monday November 18 in Paris at the age of 95, announced his partner Florence. This singer-songwriter died after a long illness at his home.
The career of this trained trumpeter took a major turn at the turn of the 1960s when he convinced the star Édith Piaf to perform one of his compositions, after having suffered several refusals.
No, I don't regret anything has since become an unforgettable standard of la Môme, known throughout the world. “My mother gave birth to me but Édith Piaf brought me into the world”said the singer and pianist born in Cahors on March 26, 1929. “Without her, I would never have done everything I did, neither as a composer, nor as a singer”he assured in 2015.
For Charles Dumont, this meeting will mark the beginning of a fruitful collaboration with Piaf, which will give birth to more than thirty pieces, including My God or The balls of the ball. Throughout his nearly sixty-year career, Charles Dumont also collaborated with Barbra Streisand, Dalida and Tino Rossi and converted to «crooner» at the end of the 60s, abandoning his protest songs. He then had a series of albums where love took the lion's share… The record A woman earned him the Charles-Cros Academy Prize in 1973.
His last appearance on stage dates back to 2019 at the Eiffel Tower theater. “When you come back in front of an audience, who comes to see you as they did 20, 30 or 40 years ago and gives you the same welcome, then they give you back your 20 years”he said.
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