ABSTRACT
See also: language and the French regions; regional writing: Breton; Occitan
Having been programme director of the radio station Europe 1 from 1955 to 1960, Pierre Delanoë wrote the words of songs for Gilbert Bécaud (Nathalie, L’Orange) and later for a whole host of popular singers including André Claveau, the Compagnons de la chanson, Hugues Aufray, Michel Sardou and Gérard Lenorman. He is one of the most prolific and admired French lyricists of the postwar period.
