L'amour est bleu

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L'amour est bleu ( English : Love Is Blue ; German : Love is blue ) was composed by André Popp . The French text is by Pierre Cour .

L'amour est bleu was Luxembourg's contribution to the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Vicky Leandros reached fourth place and had her first major international success with this chanson. She recorded this title in several languages: Love Is Blue , a different English version than Colors of Love , Blau wie das Meer , L'amore è blu and Liefde is zacht . In the German single charts, L'amour est bleu reached number 27 with Vicky as the interpreter.

In the United States, Paul Mauriat spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard charts in early 1968 with an instrumental orchestral version. To date, he remains the only Frenchman to top the US charts. His album Blooming Hit   reached number one on the LP charts and stayed in the charts for 50 weeks. Love Is Blue reached number 12 in the British charts and number 32 in the German singles charts.

The song was also recorded by the following artists, among others: Al Martino , Bing Crosby , Marty Robbins , Jeff Beck , Sylvie Vartan , Michèle Torr , Andy Williams , Claus Ogerman / Ray Rivera , Erkan Aki , Franck Pourcel , Claudine Longet , Mieka , Vanessa -Mae , The Dells . In the version by Scooter , for which Vicky Leandros went into the studio again to record the chorus, the song reached the German single charts again after almost 45 years . It was ranked 77th at the end of 2011.

literature

  • Bronson. Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3. revised and exp. Ed. New York City , New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, 237

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ehnert, Günter (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956–1980 . Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 122
  2. ↑ Philips catalog number 40495
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 388
  4. ↑ Philips catalog number 248
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel: Top LPs 1945–1972 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, 1973, p. 97
  6. ^ Nugent, Stephen / Fowler, Anne / Fowler, Pete: Chart Log of American / British Top 20 Hits, 1955–1974 . In: Gillett, Charlie / Frith, Simon (eds.): Rock File 4 . Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1976, p. 241
  7. ↑ Ehnert, Günter (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956–1980 . Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 139