Guy Magenta

{{Infobox musical artist

| birth_date = 11 July 1927

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = 29 October 1967 (aged 40)

| death_place = Salbris, France

| genre = Chanson

| years_active = 1951-1967

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{{Short description|French composer}}

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Guy Magenta (11 July 1927 – 29 October 1967) was a French composer. He composed a number of songs between 1951 and his death in 1967, including "Capri in May", later recorded by Jackie Gleason on Capitol Records and Tony Bennett on Columbia Records.

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Category:1927 births

Category:1967 deaths

Category:French male composers

Category:Composers from Paris

Category:20th-century pseudonymous writers

Category:20th-century French composers

Category:20th-century French male musicians

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