Hubert Yves Adrian Giraud (3 March 1920 – 16 January 2016) was a French composer and lyricist.
Career
Giraud began his career playing the harmonica with
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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
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romantic comedy
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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" ( "Les Gitans"). It was further translated into English by B. Guilgud (a.k.a. Guilgudo) and A. Gill and recorded by Corry Brokken.
English translators
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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
* '' Music in the Head'' (1951)
* '' The Fighting Drummer'' (1953)
* '' The Triumph of Michael Strogoff'' (1961)
See also
* List of big band musicians
* List of French composers
* List of jazz musicians
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Accordion
* Kamil Běhounek (1916–1983)
* Luciano Biondini (born 1971)
* ...
* List of songwriters
References
External links
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1920 births
2016 deaths
Musicians from Marseille
20th-century French composers
Big bands
Eurovision Song Contest-winning songwriters
French film score composers
French male film score composers
French male guitarists
French jazz musicians
French male songwriters
French songwriters
Jazz harmonica players
20th-century French guitarists
20th-century French male musicians
French male jazz musicians
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