Hubert Giraud
{{Short description|French composer and lyricist (1920–2016)}}
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| birth_name = Hubert Yves Adrian Giraud
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| birth_place = Marseille, France
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| death_place = Montreux, Switzerland
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Hubert Yves Adrian Giraud ({{IPA|fr|ybɛʁ ʒiʁo}}; 3 March 1920 – 16 January 2016) was a French composer and lyricist.{{cite web|title=Hubert Giraud : une de ses mélodie court toujours dans nos têtes|url=http://www.compagnonsdelachanson.com/article-hubert-giraud-115750614.html|publisher=compagnonsdelachanson.com|access-date=14 July 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140717154126/http://www.compagnonsdelachanson.com/article-hubert-giraud-115750614.html|archive-date=17 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=Suisse: décès d'Hubert Giraud, compositeur à succès comme "Mamy blue"|date=16 January 2016 |url=http://www.lesoir.be/1095480/article/actualite/fil-info/fil-info-culture/2016-01-16/suisse-deces-d-hubert-giraud-compositeur-succes-comme-mamy-blue|publisher=Le Soir|access-date=17 January 2016|language=fr}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Eurovision 1958 Results: Voting & Points |url=https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/1958 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Eurovisionworld |language=en-gb}}
Giraud (with lyricist Pierre Cour) wrote the song "Gitans" ({{aka}} "Les Gitans").[http://www.sacem.fr/oeuvres/oeuvre/rechercheOeuvre.do?x=21&y=15&titre=Les+gitans&tiers=Hubert+GIRAUD&searchoption=default&tri=p SACEM song "Gitans" created by Giraud and Cour] It was further translated into English by B. Guilgud (a.k.a. Guilgudo) and A. Gill and recorded by Corry Brokken.[http://www.45cat.com/record/bf1457 English translators] 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
- Music in the Head (1951)
- The Fighting Drummer (1953)
- The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961)
See also
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References
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External links
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Category:Musicians from Marseille
Category:20th-century French composers
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Category:French male guitarists
Category:French jazz musicians
Category:French male songwriters
Category:Jazz harmonica players
Category:20th-century French guitarists
Category:20th-century French male musicians
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