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radio station putting music to texts sent by listeners. He later started arranging for many renowned artists including

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in his début. He won the disc prize in 1957. After a career in singing melodies, he became artistic director with the French label

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. A singer songwriter, he became close and artistic secretary for

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and backup vocalist on some of Brassens' albums in the 1970s. He released his own album ''Dernières chansons'' in 1982, with text and music from Brassens, and a second album in 1985 titled ''Le Patrimoine de Brassens''.

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*Louis-Jean Calvet, ''Cent ans de chanson française'', Paris, Éditions L'Archipel, coll. "Archi Poche", 2006, 520 p. (Re-editions of a book first published by Éditions du Seuil in 1972) 1922 births 1989 deaths French art directors 20th-century French male pianists {{France-musician-stub