Most times, people remember the winner of a competition. Only rarely does a non-winner eclipse the champion (think Chris Daughtry), but that happened here with one of the top instrumentals ever. A vocal version of this tune, “L’amour est bleu” placed fourth for Luxembourg in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, done in French by Greek singer Vicky Leandros. Marseille-born Paul Mauriat then recorded his instrumental version which became a worldwide #1 hit, topping the US pop charts for five weeks and the easy listening chart for eleven weeks.
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