The musician Charles Dumont, composer of the legendary No, I don't regret anything by Édith Piaf, died during the night from Sunday to Monday in Paris at the age of 95, announced his companion Florence. This singer-songwriter, who also collaborated with Barbra Streisand, died after a long illness at his home.
The Piaf turn
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 have done, neither as a composer, nor as a singer”, he assured during an interview with AFP in 2015. For Charles Dumont, this meeting will mark the beginning of a fruitful collaboration with Piaf, which will give birth to more than 30 pieces, including My God or The balls of the ball.
Sixty years of career
Throughout his 60-year career, Charles Dumont also collaborated with Dalida and Tino Rossi and converted to a 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.
