André Popp is a French composer, arranger and conductor born in
Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, on February 19, 1924. Trained on the piano from the
age of five, he began his career as a church organist and studied music when, in
1945, he met Jean Broussolle, who encouraged him to move to Paris. After a
period playing in a piano bar and accompanying artists at Les Trois Baudets, he
worked as an orchestrator at the Club d'Essai de la Radio-Télévision Française,
conducting live concerts and composing theme songs. Hired by the Philips label
in 1953, he wrote music for a large number of ar...