Jeanne-Marie Sens

Born in Paris on 8 December 1937, the French chanson singer, author, composer and performer Jeanne-Marie Sens began her career in the late 1960s, releasing her first single "Les Boots" in 1969 for Polydor before rising to fame in 1972 with her cover of "Le Clown" by Giani Esposito. Signed to Atlantic's French subsidiary, she released her first album D'Avertissement in 1973, buoyed by the hit protest song "En Plein Cœur," which set her lyrics to music by Jean-Pierre Pouret. She kept up the momentum on follow-up album Jeu de Mots (1974), propelled by the song "L'Enfant du 92e," written with Eric Lowery and Belgian author-composer Pierre Rapsat. On the 1976 successor, Le Printemps - L'Automne, she joins forces with an ensemble of studio musicians who contribute to the composition of the album's tracks including "Je m'habituerai à toi." She scored commercial success with "Tant et tant de temps," composed by Jean-Pierre Castelain and taken from his second volume of children's songs, Chansons pour de Vrai - Volume 2, 1977, striking up a long-term partnership with the aforementioned composer that included her last two singles. Her last album Mélodie was issued in 1981 and two other singles followed, a reimagining of "Love Is a Stranger" by Eurythmics under the new title "Rien à se dire" in 1983, and the original song "Jalousie" in 1984. She subsequently retired from making music and in 1995 founded the publishing house Sens & Tonka with Hubert Tonka.

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