Louis Guglielmi was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
on April 3, 1916 of Italian ancestry. 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 1946 with “La Rose de
la mer” and including “Mourir d'aimer” (To Die of Love) (1970). Among the last
was his score for Jean Gabin's final gangster flick, “Verdict” (1974). Better
known by his nom de plume Louiguy (French pronunciation: [lwi.ɡi]), 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 popular song
written in 1950, made famous in English as "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom
White)", which was recast as a resounding mambo hit for Pérez Prado.
As Louiguy he wrote the score for the Fernandel
Euro-western “Fernand Cowboy” in 1956. Guglielmi died in Vence,
Alpes-Maritimes, France on April 4, 1991 one day after his 75th
birthday.
LOUIGUY (aka Marcel Louiguy) (Louis Guglielmi)
[4/3/1916, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – 4/4/1991, Vence,
Alpes-Maritimes, France] – composer, conductor, songwriter, married to Andrée
Castel (1937-1979) father of two children, married to Simone Malherbe (1981-1991).
Fernand Cowboy –
1956
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