Jacques Datin (14 June 1920 – 24 August 1973) was a French composer. After his musical training he met songwriter Maurice Vidalin, and they wrote many songs for several performers. Since 1954, they wrote "On en dira" (written with Marc Lanjean) for Juliette Gréco. From 1957, the association had many musical successes such as, for example, "Zon zon zon" interpreted by Colette Renard and Michèle Arnaud (1957), "Julie" by Marcel Amont (1957), and "Les boutons dorés" by Jean-Jacques Debout, also covered by Barbara in 1959. Their greatest success arrived in 1961 when they won the

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along with Jean-Claude Pascal, who competed for

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with the song " Nous les amoureux". The following year, they got 3rd place with " Petit bonhomme", sung by Camillo Felgen. He wrote the music for Claude Nougaro's Une petite fille (1962).Chronique de la chanson française - Page 97, 2205055216 - Jacques Pessis, Emilie Leduc - 2003; A la fin de l'année dernière, il a écrit et enregistré Une petite fille, dont la musique a été composée par Jacques Datin. C'est aujourd'hui son premier grand succès. « J'ai eu l'idée de ces couplets après avoir assisté à une projection du film Manon des Sources, réalisé par Marcel Pagnol », raconte-t-il. A son propos, l'écrivain Jacques Audiberti, dont il est très proche, écrit : « Avec le taureau Nougaro, le poète déboule en force dans la noire arène. » The many performers of his songs include France Gall ("Christiansen", "Mes premières vraies vacances"), Juliette Greco ("Jusqu'à où, jusqu'à quand" and "Les Mariés"),

Françoise Hardy Françoise Madeleine Hardy (; 17 January 1944 – 11 June 2024) was a French singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She was known for singing melancholic, sentimental ballads. Hardy rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a leading figure in F ...

("Va pas prendre un tambour", "Le Temps des souvenirs") Serge Lama ("Les P'tites Femmes de Pigalle"), Claude Nougaro ("Une petite fille", "Le Jazz et la Java", "Je suis sous.."), Serge Reggiani ("Le Petit Garçon") and

Édith Piaf Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (), was a French singer and lyricist best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popu ...

, for whom he wrote "Dans ma rue" (1946). In 1964 he composed the music for the French version of ''

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,'' a telefilm that Pierre Badel adapted from Shakespeare's play.

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