The creator of the french chanson. He lived similar to my father from 1913 - 2001, was born in NarbonneÅŸ Languedoc. He applied in vain to the "Académie Francaise". He wrote kind of "automatically" and liked his songs to be composed while shaving. Even before the second world war he integrated jazz. While living in Paris (but which french does not?) he was friend with Jean Cocteau and Max Jacob