French conductor and musician Paul Mauriat (1925-2006) became famous in the
early 1960s for his orchestrations of Charles Aznavour songs. In the middle of
the decade, he worked as a composer for Mireille Mathieu, before achieving
unexpected success in 1968 with his instrumental version of "Love Is Blue ".
Sung at the Eurovison Song Contest in 1967 by Vicky Leandros under the original
title "L'Amour est bleu", the song reached number one in the United States under
the baton of Paul Mauriat. Paul Mauriat became a benchmark for easy listening in
the U.S. and around the world, sellin...