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Paul Julien André Mauriat (French: [pɔl mɔʁja] or ; 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006) was a French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre.
It is the best-known version of the song in the United States. The Mauriat recording also reached No. 2 in Canada [20] (No. 12 Year End), [21] and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart. [22] The Mauriat album containing "Love Is Blue", Blooming Hits, also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top LP's and Tapes chart for five weeks. The song sold fewer than ...
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Instrumental versions were released by the Ventures, using a clavinet over the solo; Booker T. & the M.G.'s; and French bandleader Paul Mauriat, whose interpretation author John Kruth describes as "the most elegant Muzak version" of the song. [51] Italian singer Mango released an a cappella rendition of "Michelle" on his 2002 album Disincanto. [52]
The song was subject to many covers in original French version and in other language versions [5]. In 1969, Danièle Vidal recorded it on her album L'amour est bleu Paul Mauriat made an instrumental version in 1971 on an album also entitled Tombe la neige
Paul Mauriat: Commandeur: 1997 David Bowie: Commandeur: 1999 [17] Sharmila Tagore: Commandeur: 1999 [18] Soumitra Chatterjee: Commandeur: 1999 [18] Salman Rushdie: Commandeur: 1999 Rustam Ibragimbekov: Commandeur: 2000 (renounced in 2012) [19] Václav Havel: Commandeur: 2001 Maryse Condé: Commandeur: 2001 [20] David Stratton: Commandeur: 2001 ...
" Un jour, un enfant" (French pronunciation: [œ̃ ʒuʁ œ̃n‿ɑ̃fɑ̃]; "A Day, a Child") is a song recorded by French singer Frida Boccara, with music composed by Emil Stern and lyrics by Eddy Marnay. It represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 held in Madrid, and became one of the four winning songs.
Blooming Hits was a studio instrumental album by Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra. It was released in 1967 and spent five weeks at number one in 1968. [1] It was certified as a Gold LP by the Recording Industry Association of America. [2] The single "Love Is Blue" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. [3]