false 2024-06-17 18:57:46 French Hit Collection 1995 1995-01-01 1995-01-01 3 Easy Listening df5efdef-b526-473c-aa75-a2e7167b695a 87496c04-c857-4bd5-b86b-345129a1be63 936629c1-3eb3-309d-8c28-25faf8fe7d67 /media/data/media4/Music/Paul Mauriat/French Hit Collection/folder.jpg Paul Mauriat Paul Mauriat 1 11 From Souvenirs to Souvenirs 02:50 Paul Julien André Mauriat (French: [pɔl mɔʁja] or [moʁja]; 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. He is best known in the United States for his million-selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was number 1 for 5 weeks in 1968. Other recordings for which he is known include "El Bimbo", "Toccata", "Love in Every Room/Même si tu revenais", and "Penelope". He co-wrote the song Chariot (also known as I Will Follow Him) with Franck Pourcel. Pourcel (using the pseudonym J.W. Stole) and Mauriat (using the pseudonym Del Roma).