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| Born | Hubert Yves Adrian Giraud (1920-03-03)3 March 1920 Marseille, France |
| Died | 16 January 2016(2016-01-16) (aged 95) Montreux, Switzerland |
| Occupations | Composer and lyricist |
Hubert Yves Adrian Giraud (French pronunciation:[ybɛʁʒiʁo]; 3 March 1920 – 16 January 2016) was a French composer and lyricist.[1][2]
Giraud began his career playing the harmonica withDjango Reinhardt'sjazz group, theQuintette du Hot Club de France. In 1941, he was recruited byRay Ventura to play the guitar during Ventura'sbig-band tour of South America. Six years later, he joinedJacques Hélian's orchestra in scoring a series ofpost-warromantic comedy films, including Georges Combert's 1951 feature,Musique en tête.
His song "Dors, mon amour", performed byAndré Claveau, won theEurovision Song Contest 1958.[3]
Giraud (with lyricist Pierre Cour) wrote the song "Gitans" (a.k.a. "Les Gitans").[4] It was further translated into English by B. Guilgud (a.k.a. Guilgudo) and A. Gill and recorded by Corry Brokken.[5]Sergio Franchi recorded an English and Italian version (Italian lyrics byLeo Chiosso) on his 1965 RCA albumLive at the Cocoanut Grove.
Giraud also wrote the music for the songs "Sous le ciel de Paris" in 1951 and "Mamy Blue" in 1970.
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