Hubert Giraud
French composer and lyricist
Hubert Giraud
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1920-03-03
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3 March 1920
Marseille
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Died |
16 January 2016
(2016-01-16)
(aged
95)
Montreux
, Switzerland
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Occupation(s) | Composer and lyricist |
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Hubert Yves Adrian Giraud (3 March 1920 – 16 January 2016) was a French composer and lyricist. [1] [2]
Career
Giraud began his career playing the harmonica with Django Reinhardt 's jazz group, the Quintette du Hot Club de France . In 1941, he was recruited by Ray Ventura to play the guitar during Ventura's big-band tour of South America. Six years later, he joined Jacques Hélian 's orchestra in scoring a series of post-war romantic comedy films, including Georges Combert's 1951 feature, Musique en tête .
His song " Dors, mon amour ", performed by André Claveau , won the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 .
Giraud (with lyricist Pierre Cour) wrote the song "Gitans" ( a.k.a. "Les Gitans"). [3] It was further translated into English by B. Guilgud (a.k.a. Guilgudo) and A. Gill and recorded by Corry Brokken. [4] Sergio Franchi recorded an English and Italian version (Italian lyrics by Leo Chiosso ) on his 1965 RCA album Live at the Cocoanut Grove.
Giraud also wrote the music for the songs " Sous le ciel de Paris " in 1951 and " Mamy Blue " in 1970.
Selected filmography
- The Fighting Drummer (1953)
- The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961)
See also
References
- ↑ "Hubert Giraud : une de ses mélodie court toujours dans nos têtes" . compagnonsdelachanson.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014 . Retrieved 14 July 2014 .
- ↑ "Suisse: décès d'Hubert Giraud, compositeur à succès comme "Mamy blue" " (in French). Le Soir. 16 January 2016 . Retrieved 17 January 2016 .
- ↑ SACEM song "Gitans" created by Giraud and Cour
- ↑ English translators
External links
- Hubert Giraud at IMDb
- Hubert Giraud discography at Discogs
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