Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that ...

PARIS, Feb. 19 -- French superstar singer Charles Trenet, whose voice launched a thousand songs, died in a Paris hospital early Monday, after suffering two strokes. He was 87. Dubbed the "singing fool ...

Singer-songwriter Charles Trenet, a legend in his native France, died in a Paris hospital Feb. 18, following a stroke two weeks before. He was 87. Trenet’s compositions include “La Mer” (The Sea), ...