Paul Mauriat - Albums Collection (1965-2017)

French composer/conductor Paul Mauriat is a classically trained musician who decided to pursue a career in popular music. His first major success came in 1962, as a co-writer of the European hit “Chariot.” In 1963, the song was given English lyrics, renamed “I Will Follow Him,” and became a number one American hit for Little Peggy March. Mauriat is best remembered for his 1968 worldwide smash “Love Is Blue.”

Mauriat’s ancestors were all classical musicians and he originally planned to follow in their footsteps, studying the music as a child and enrolling in the Conservatoire in Paris when he was ten years old. As a teenager, he became infatuated with jazz and popular music, which made him stray from his initial career path. At the age of 17, he formed an orchestra and began touring concert halls throughout Europe. These concerts earned him the attention of vocalist/songwriter Charles Aznavour, who hired Mauriat as an arranger and conductor. Through Aznavour, he began working with a variety of other French artists. For the remainder of the ’40s and the ’50s, he worked primarily as an arranger for other musicians.

Mauriat began a solo career in the early ’60s, recording a series of instrumental albums that were distinguished by their sweeping, melodic strings and gently insistent contemporary rhythms. Using the pseudonym Del Roma, he co-wrote “Chariot,” which became a hit for Petula Clark in 1962. The following year, the song was given a new, English lyric by Arthur Altman and Norman Gimbel and was recorded by Little Peggy March as “I Will Follow Him”; it became a number one hit in the U.S.

Throughout the ’60s, Mauriat continued to record his pop instrumental albums, which became more popular as the decade progressed. His popularity peaked in 1968, when his version of “L’Amour Est Bleu” (Love Is Blue), which was Luxembourg’s submission to the 1963 Eurovision Song contest, became an international hit, reaching number one on a number of charts, including America. The single was supported by Blooming Hits, an album that featured a selection of ’60s pop hits; the album was massively popular and it is estimated that it sold in excess of two million copies worldwide. Mauriat became an international recording star, touring North and Latin America, Europe, and Japan, and making television appearances in several countries.

Although Mauriat’s popularity dipped in the early ’70s — he only had two other U.S. hit singles, “Love in Every Room” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” which were both minor — he continued to sell respectably throughout the world, particularly in Europe. After the ’80s his recorded output slowed as his Western audience dwindled, but in the Far East he found a loyal following. Tours of Russia, China, and Japan would continue until 1998 when the conductor gave his last live performance in Osaka. A year later, former lead pianist Gilles Gambus would become conductor of the orchestra, and then in 2005 French horn player Jean-Jacques Justafre would be handed the baton. On November 3, 2006, Mauriat died in the southern French city of Perpignan. ― Allmusic

1. ALBUMS & COMPILATION:

1965. The Russian Album (1993, Philips, 518 518-2, France)

1967. Love Is Blue (1986, Nippon Phonogram Co., 30PD-187, Japan)
1967. Love is Blue (1987, Philips, 830 759-2, USA)
1967. Love Is Blue (1997, Spectrum, 554 224-2, UK)
1967. Love Is Blue (2008, Universal, UICY-8067~8, Japan, 2CD, 40th Ann)

1976. Love Sounds Journey (1988, Nippon Phonogram Co., 20PD-1014, Japan)

1979. Message D’Amour (1988, Nippon Phonogram Co., 20PD-1015, Japan)

1984. Screen Music-3 (1984, Nippon Phonogram Co., 38PD-3, Japan)

1984. Those Were The Days American Hits ’60-’70 (1984, Nippon Fhonogram Co., 38PD-5, Japan)

1987. Nagekidori (1987, Philips, 832 715-2, W.Germany)

1988. Les Classiques D’Amour (1988, Nippon Phonogram Co., 20PD-1006, Japan)

1988. Retrospective (1991, Philips, 848 871-2, France)

1989. Serenade (1989, Philips, 838 594-2, W.Germany)

1990. Les plus belles musiques de films (1990, Polygram, 848 013-2, France)

1992. Nostaljazz (1992, Philips, 512 146-2, Japan)

1993. Emotion (1993, Philips, 514 963-2, France)

1995. 1965… My First Recordings (1995, Philips, 528 251-2, France)

2001. Sayonara Concert (2001, Mondicor, 20022, Spain)

2003. Mamy Blue (2003, CDD, 01-066a~b, EU)

2004. Around The World (2004, Universal, 981 357-5, Taiwan, 2CD)

2011. El Condor Pasa & LOVE (2011, Vocalion, CDLK 4437, Austria)

2011. Rhythm & Blues and The Paul Mauriat Orchestra (2011, Vocalion, CDLK 4433, Austria)

2012. Forever and Ever & Nous Irons a Verone (2012, Vocalion, CDLK 4458, Austria)

2012. Gone Is Love & Tombe La Neige (2012, Vocalion, CDLK 4465, Austria)

2013. Chromatic & Bonus Tracks (2013, Vocalion, CDLK 4480, Austria)

2013. More Mauriat & Prestige of Paris (2013, Vocalion, CDLK 4482, Austria)

2013. Overseas Call & Exclusivamente Brasil Vol 3 (2013, Vocalion, CDSML 8498, Austria)

2013. Reality & Pour Le Plaisir (2013, Vocalion, CDLK 4496, Austria)

2013. The Best Of Paul Mauriat Vol.1 (2013, Universal, 5342983, Japan, K2HD)

2013. Tout pour la musique & Roma dalla Finestra (2013, Vocalion, CDSML 8500, Austria)

2013. Un Jour,Un Enfant & Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus (2013, Vocalion, CDLK 4475, Austria)

2014. Chanson D’amour & Brasil Exclusivamente (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4550, Austria)

2014. Il Etait Une Fois Nous Deux & L’oiseau Et L’enfant (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4547, Austria)

2014. L’ete Indien & Sommer Souvenirs (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4513, Austria)

2014. Love is Blue & Cent Mille Chansons (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4523, Austria)

2014. Noel & Bonus Tracks (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4544, Austria)

2014. Paul Mauriat Plays The Beatles & Mamy Blue (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4535, Austria)

2014. Volume 5 & Viva Mauriat (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4538, Austria)

2014. Volumes 1 & 2 (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4516, Austria)

2014. Volumes 3 & 6 (2014, Vocalion, CDLK 4519, Austria)

2015. Goodbye My Love, Goodbye & Viens Ce Soir (2015, Vocalion, CDLK 4568, Austria)

2015. Je Pense A Toi & From Souvenirs To Souvenirs (2015, Vocalion, CDLK 4559, Austria)

2015. Magic & Wild Spring (2015, Vocalion, CDLK 4563, Austria)

2016. C’est La Vie & Brasil Exclusivamente Vol.2 (2016, Vocalion, CDLK 4579, Austria)

2016. C’est La Vie … Lily & Comme J’ai Toujours Envie D’aimer (2016, Vocalion, CDLK 4581, Austria)

2016. L’avventura & Le Lac Majeur (2016, Vocalion, CDLK 4576, Austria)

2016. Piano Ballade & Remember (2016, Vocalion, CDLK 4585, Austria)

2016. Rain and Tears & Vole Vole Farandole (2016, Vocalion, CDLK 4588, Austria)

2016. The Seven Seas & Summer Has Flown (2016, Vocalion, CDLK 4571, Austria)

2017. Too Much Heaven + Bonus Tracks (2017, Vocalion, CDLK 4600, Austria)

2017. Transparence & Serenade (2017, Vocalion, CDLK 4605, Austria)

2. BOX SETS:

1990. Love Sounds Collection (1990, Nippon Phonogram Co., PHCA 3001~4, Japan, 4CD)

1998. World Love Sounds (1998, Universal, PHCA-9009~13, Japan, 5CD)

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