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"Mamy Blue" was originally
written with French lyrics in 1970 by veteran songwriter Hubert
Giraud. He conceived the song in his car waiting out a Parisian
traffic jam and had completed its demo within a few days. After
four months the first recorded version of "Mamy Blue" was made -
with Italian lyrics by Ivana Spagna. In May 1971, Alain Milhaud,
a Swiss record producer based in Spain, acquired the song for
the Pop Tops, a Spanish group he managed. Milhaud recorded the
song in a session in London after the group's frontman Phil Trim
wrote English lyrics. This version became a huge international
success with no.1 positions in Germany, France, Australia,
Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Austria
and Switzerland. |
