Mauriat, the conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, made history as the first French artist to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and he held that title for nearly 50 years, per Stereogum.
“Love is Blue” was so popular that at the height of its chart-topping success, Mauriat performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 18, 1968.
‘Love is Blue’ was a cover of a song contest entry
Mauriat spoke about the true origins of the song in a 1970 interview. “First of all, I didn’t compose 'Love is Blue,’” he clarified. “’Love is Blue’ was written by a French composer, Andre Popp. And this song… you know, in Europe, you have each year contests, contest songs, and each country of Europe presents one song. And this song was for Luxembourg, and it got little success. But I loved this song very much, and I took it for my LP. And the LP came into the States.”
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“The truth is that at first, when they told me, I thought it was a joke,” he shared. “What filled me with intimate joy was to verify that the primary success was due to my own instrumentation, to the impeccable interpretation of my [orchestra], which, excited, shared the bliss, creating the tightest musical ensemble ever desired.”
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