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Lyricist of Henri Betti from 1947 to 1983 for which he wrote the lyrics of many hits like "C'est si bon" (1947), "Rien dans les Mains, rien dans les Poches" (1948), "Les Baobabs" (1949), "Le Vrai Mambo" (1952), "Deux Amoureux sur un Banc" (1954), "Avec" and "Paris mes Amours" (1959).

Best man of Henri Betti and Françoise Engels July 30, 1949 in Bois-Colombes and godfather of their daughter Monique Betti July 30, 1950 in Levallois-Perret.

In 1943, Michael Carr and Tommie Connor wrote the English lyrics of the song "Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ?" which were written in 1938 by André Hornez with the music of Paul Misraki. The title became "I Love To Sing" and the song was sung by Vera Lynn in Rhythm Serenade (1943).

In 1949, Jerry Seelen wrote the English lyrics of the song "C'est si bon" which were written in 1947 by André Hornez with the music of Henri Betti. The song was recorded in New York in January 1950 by Johnny Desmond with Tony Mottola and his Orchestra.

Bruno Coquatrix was his best man.

Buried with his wife Gisèle Fréry in the cemetery of Faverolles (Eure-et-Loir).

In 2003 was named a street in his name in Lens where he was born in 1905.

Three songs he wrote with music by Henri Betti were adapted into Italian by Alberto Larici : "C'est si bon" ("Tutto è Bello"), "Toutes les Femmes" ("Le Donne Son Così") and "Le Vrai Mambo" ("Il Vero Mambo").

In 1955, he won the Prix du Music-Hall at the Grand Concours de la Chanson Française de Deauville with Henri Betti for "Donnez-moi tout ça".