This was in part due to the instrumental version of the song rereleased in 1968 by Paul Mauriat with the new “Love Is Blue (L’amour est bleu)”.įive years later, Vicky returned to the contest, once again for her non-native Luxembourg in the city of Edinburgh with her entry “Après Toi”. The song was later a worldwide hit becoming one of the most successful songs ever not to win the contest and soon outsold the eventual winner Sandie Shaw. Her first appearance was in 1967 in Vienna with her entry “L’amour est bleu” which came fourth at the contest with 17 points.

Vicky Leandros is known within the Eurovision Song Contest having made two appearances for Luxembourg. Over Vicky’s career she has recorded over 70 albums and 175 singles in German, Greek, French, English, Spanish and Dutch. Vicky will be giving several farewell concerts in Germany and Austria in 2023, with tickets being made available from Monday.

There have been better, much more comprehensive Mauriat collections released since Love Is Blue, but this is still a handy little disc.Greek born singer Vicky Leandros has made the announcement that she shall be retiring from the music industry next year following a career spanning almost 60 years. As for 'Love Is Blue,' it sounds even on this early CD as though it were conceived with digital audio's high resolution in mind. The '70s material is a little less beguiling, if only because 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' and 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' are heard too often as instrumentals, though the former also has some interesting underscoring for harp and whether 'Ebony And Ivory' deserves to be covered (even by Paul McCartney himself) is still, at best, an open question. This 1987 compilation was among the earlier Paul Mauriat releases on CD, and is a decent sampler of his work, containing not only the title tune but his covers of such familiar '60s fare as 'Somethin' Stupid,' 'Lara's Theme,' 'Un Homme et Une Femme,' 'San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair),' and 'This Is My Song,' all of which were very sensible repertory for this artist - Mauriat even adds some elegant flourishes to 'Un Homme et Une Femme,' and his orchestra's violin section carries the melody of 'San Francisco' more sweetly than Scott McKenzie's voice ever did.

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