Jean Renard, born in Provins on December 4, 1933, is a French songwriter, artistic director and producer.
He wrote many French song hitsAs a child, Jean Renard was passionate about music. He learned the harmonica, pipe, clarinet and piano. At 16, he abandoned his studies and worked with his father in the family painting business. During this period, he composed his first song named Roseline which he submitted to the publisher Rudy Revil, who offered it to a German conductor. The singer Brenda Lee, finally, recorded it under the title Losing You in 1963. Adapted in French, the song, interpreted by Tino Rossi and / then Colette Deréal, becomes Connais-tu? and by Maria Candido Mon ange.