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Paul Mauriat

1925 - 2006

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Paul Julien André Mauriat (French: [pɔl mɔʁja] or [moʁja]; 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006) was a French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre. He is best known in the United States for his million-selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was number 1 for 5 weeks in 1968. Other recordings for which he is known include "El Bimbo", "Toccata", "Love in Every Room/Même si tu revenais", and "Penelope". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Mauriat has received more than 574,623 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Paul Mauriat is the 101st most popular musician (up from 103rd in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from France (up from 697th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Musician.

Paul Mauriat is a French orchestra leader who is most famous for his instrumental arrangements of popular American songs.

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  • 570k

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  • 65.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Paul Mauriat ranks 101 out of 2,662. Before him are Angus Young, João Gilberto, Gary Moore, Ludovico Einaudi, Glenn Miller, and Bill Evans. After him are Nat King Cole, Mike Oldfield, Henryk Wieniawski, Buddy Holly, Fernando Sor, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Paul Mauriat ranks 33. Before him are Michel Piccoli, Pierre Boulez, Maya Plisetskaya, Robert Edwards, Douglas Engelbart, and Ananda Mahidol. After him are Nílton Santos, Rod Steiger, Wong Fei-hung, Peter Brook, Robert Altman, and Anastasio Somoza Debayle. Among people deceased in 2006, Paul Mauriat ranks 23. Before him are György Ligeti, Owen Chamberlain, Joseph Barbera, Ibrahim Rugova, Clifford Geertz, and Anna Politkovskaya. After him are Clay Regazzoni, Giacinto Facchetti, Choi Kyu-hah, Robert Altman, Johannes Rau, and Steve Irwin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Mauriat ranks 675 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), William Longsword (893), Julie Clary (1771), and Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837). After him are Louis Renault (1877), Joseph Proust (1754), Hans Bethe (1906), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), and Chlodomer (495).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Paul Mauriat ranks 4. Before him are Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), Richard Clayderman (1953), and Thomas Bangalter (1). After him are Nadia Boulanger (1887), David Guetta (1967), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Georges Prêtre (1924), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), and Louis Vierne (1870).

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