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Louiguy facts for kids
"Louis Guglielmi" redirects here. For the American artist, see O. Louis Guglielmi.
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Background information | |
Born | ()3 April Barcelona, Spain |
Died | 4 April () (aged 75) Vence, France |
Occupation(s) | Composer |
Instruments | Piano |
Louis Guglielmi (3 April – 4 April ), known by his pen nameLouiguy (French pronunciation: [lwi.ɡi]), was a Spanish-born French musician of Italian descent.
He wrote the melody for Édith Piaf's lyrics of "La Vie en Rose" and the Latin jazz composition "Cerisier rose et pommier blanc", a popularsong written in , made famous in English as "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)", which was recast as a resounding mambo hit for Pérez Prado.
Guglielmi was born in Barcelona.
He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris in the same class as Maurice Baquet, Henri Betti, Paul Bonneau and Henri Dutilleux. He created almost three dozen film scores, beginning in with La Rose de la mer a