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    Franck Pourcel (14 August 1913 – 12 November 2000) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor of popular and classical music. Born in Marseille, France...
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  • UK. An instrumental version by Franck Pourcel was a hit single in 1959, and sold more than 5 million copies. Pourcel's version spent 16 weeks on the Billboard...
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  • Will Follow Him" is a popular song that was first recorded in 1961 by Franck Pourcel, as an instrumental entitled "Chariot". The song achieved its widest...
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  • co-wrote the song Chariot (also known as I Will Follow Him) with Franck Pourcel. Pourcel (using the pseudonym J.W. Stole) and Mauriat (using the pseudonym...
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    Française (RTF), with Marcel Cravenne [fr] serving as director and Franck Pourcel serving as musical director. Each country was allowed to nominate their...
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  • (from the musical The Belle of New York) "Atop the Sacre-Coeur" by Franck Pourcel "Attack of Notre-Dame" from the musical Notre-Dame de Paris "The Attack...
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  • composer Franck Pourcel arranged an upbeat instrumental version of "Days of Pearly Spencer", the first track on his album The Franck Pourcel Sound. New...
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  • produced, for instance, by the Mantovani Orchestra, and conductors such as Franck Pourcel and James Last, peaking in popularity around the 1970s. More recent...
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  • Forever, a 2011 mixtape by Trina "Diamonds Are Forever", a song by Franck Pourcel from Strictly Breaks Volume 11 "Diamonds Are Forever", a song from the...
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  • year, selling over one million copies. Le Premier Pas was produced by Franck Pourcel. That year he also wrote a French version of the ABBA song "Waterloo"...
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    Director Notes Ref. 1956 Franck Pourcel N/A 1957 1958 1959 Franck Pourcel 1960 Franck Pourcel N/A 1961 Franck Pourcel 1962 Franck Pourcel N/A 1963 1964 1965...
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    also charted in the Netherlands, reaching number 2, after which the Franck Pourcel Orchestra had a minor hit with an instrumental version of the song,...
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    Congrès Cannes, France Presenter(s) Jacqueline Joubert Musical director Franck Pourcel Directed by Maurice Barry Executive producer Marcel Cravenne Host broadcaster...
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  • Life" contains an interpolation of "Chariot", written by Paul Mauriat, Franck Pourcel, Jacques Plante, and Raymond Lefèvre. Credits adapted from the album's...
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  • Ronnie Hilton included in his album England's Ronnie Hilton (1958) Franck Pourcel (1958) Jimmie Rodgers for his album The Number One Ballads (1959) Sue...
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  • Strings, Hollyridge Strings, Henry Mancini, Chet Atkins, Bert Kaempfert, Franck Pourcel, Richard Clayderman, Ferrante & Teicher, Geoff Love, Jackie Gleason...
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  • Muslim Magomayev, Paul Mauriat, Hazy Osterwald, Pesnyary, Edita Piekha, Franck Pourcel, Perez Prado, Alla Pugacheva, Eric Rogers, Earl Scruggs, Igor Sklyar...
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    Dickies and eventually by various non-English-language artists, including Franck Pourcel, Dalida, Tommy Körberg, and I Nomadi., and American Bettye LaVette....
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  • Portishead, Tricky and Alessia Cara. In Norway, this song (the version of Franck Pourcel) has become widely known through its use as background music in a series...
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    André Claveau (right) celebrating with conductor Franck Pourcel and host Hannie Lips after winning the contest...
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  • Blackbirds "Space", a 1989 song by Candy Flip "Space", a 1978 song by Franck Pourcel and His Orchestra "Space", a 1967 guitar piece by Gábor Szabó "Space"...
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    "Broken Hearted Melody" Sarah Vaughan 52 "Only You (And You Alone)" Franck Pourcel 53 "Gotta Travel On" Billy Grammer 54 "Poison Ivy" The Coasters 55 "Turn...
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  • Succès de Films is a recording by Franck Pourcel and his Orchestra, released on La Voix de son Maitre (French His Master's Voice) LP record FELP 149.[when...
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    1958 Dolf van der Linden N/A Host conductor 1959 Franck Pourcel 1960 Franz Josef Breuer 1961 Franck Pourcel Host conductor 1962 Rolf-Hans Müller 1963 Willy...
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  • A Sign of the Times (1966) The Peddlers - from Freewheelers (1967) Franck Pourcel et son Grand Orchestre - from Made in France (instrumental) (1969) Elvis...
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    Les Brown, Ted Heath, Acker Bilk, Xavier Cugat, Geoff Bastow, and Franck Pourcel. 1980-2009 he concentrated on composing and producing production music...
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  • Midler 1971: José Feliciano 1971: The Gentrys 1971: The Ventures 1971: Franck Pourcel (Instrumental version) 1971: Sacha Distel 1987: Maxi Priest 1987: Jonathan...
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    ORTF Frida Boccara "Un jour, un enfant" French Eddy Marnay Émile Stern Franck Pourcel  Germany HR Siw Malmkvist "Primaballerina" German Hans Blum Hans Blum...
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  • Tomlinson Felix Slatkin Ferrante & Teicher Floyd Cramer Francis Lai Franck Pourcel Frank Chacksfield Frank Cordell Frank De Vol Frank Perkins Geoff Love...
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    ORTF Dominique Walter "Chez nous" French Claude Carrère Jacques Plante Franck Pourcel  Germany HR Margot Eskens "Die Zeiger der Uhr" German Hans Bradtke Walter...
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