Maurice Pon

Biography

Maurice Marie Jean Pon (26 October 1921 in Bordeaux – 3 April 2019) was a French lyricist who mainly worked with Henri Salvador. In 1949, Pon wrote the lyrics of "Le Loup, la Biche et le Chevalier". With Salvador, Pon also wrote "Le travail c’est la santé" and other well-known French songs. He also wrote for Bourvil, Fernandel, Jean Sablon, André Claveau and Les Frères Jacques. Pon died in Île-de-France, at the age of 97.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Frenchy

  2020

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  Miracle (A Celebration Of New Life)

  2004

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  Outras Palavras

  1981

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  Bobby Short

  1956

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  Dans Mon Ile

  1958

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  Henri Salvador

Credited work

741 releases · 177 albums · active 1952–2025

• Performance · 925
• Other credits · 85
• Production · 7

Studios: Chartmaker Studios · Studio Des Dames · Studios Ferber · Studio Europa Sonor

Frequent collaborators

• Henri Salvador
• Various
• Tiny Yong
• Audrey
• Nana Mouskouri
• Caetano Veloso
• Les Chats Sauvages
• Helena Lemkovitch

Around the web

• Wikipedia