The Belgian singer-songwriter
Jacques Brel [1929-1978] composed the celebrated song
Ne me quitte pas [
Don’t leave me] in 1959. Click
here to access a video of an extraordinary performance of this masterpiece by Brel himself. This performance was recorded in Paris on 10 November 1966. A week earlier, in Brussels (where I was working as a computer programmer),
Christine had given birth to our daughter
Emmanuelle.
