Charles Trenet

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Charles Trenet was among the last of his kind of singer, a holdover from the era of pre-World War II France and the prime of Maurice Chevalier, as well as singer/composers such as Georges Brassens and Léo Ferré. Originally an art student, Trenet turned to singing in his early twenties, initially in partnership with pianist Johnny Hess in a duo billed as "Charles and Johnny."

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harles Trenet (born Louis Charles Auguste Claude Trénet, 18 May 1913, Narbonne, France - 19 February 2001, Créteil, France)[citation needed] was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s until the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s. In an era in which it was exceptional for a singer to write his or her own material, Trenet wrote prolifically and declined to record any but his own songs.

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Charles Trenet, the last of the legendary French chanson stars, recently celebrated an incredible sixty years in the music business - and he's still going strong today ! Trenet will inevitably go down in music history as the man who wrote the unforgettable "La Mer".

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Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet, singer and songwriter: born Narbonne, France 18 May 1913; died Paris 19 February 2001.

The spirit of Charles Trenet lives on

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