RIP Charles Dumont

 

French composer, singer-songwriter Charles Dumont, who composed Edith Piaf's “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” (I Have No Regret), It topped the charts in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada. The song is also well known throughout the English-speaking world. Dumont died November 18^th in his hometown of Cahors, Lot, France at the age of 95. Born in Cahors on February 26, 1929, he was a trained trumpeter and musician, he collaborated with an array of international stars, including Barbra Streisand, Dalida, Jacques Brel and Juliette Gréco, but it was his work with the late French singer Piaf that he became most famous for. He went on to have a successful solo career from the 1970s. Dumont composed the score for the 1968 Spaghetti western “Il mio corpo per un poker” (The Belle Starr Story) with Elsa Martinelli, Robert Woods and George Eastman. He also composed the music for the song “No Time for Love” sung by Martinelli in the film.