Lyrics by Jean-Loup Dabadie (1938-2020), who passed away five years ago. Novelist, screenwriter and lyricist for, among others, Serge Reggiani, Michel Polnareff and Julien Clerc.
In addition, we will hear Juliette Gréco, Barbara, Marie Laforêt, Jacques Dutronc, Jean Gabin, Yves Montand and Michel Sardou.
His accession to the prestigious Academie Française in 2008 was seen as an acknowledgement of the chanson as a form of poetry.
This episode has been broadcast before, in May 2020.
