Louiguy
Sign in to saveLouis Guglielmi (3 April 1916 – 4 April 1991), known by his pen name Louiguy (), was a French musician. 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.
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- Born
- 1916-04-03
- Died
- 1991-04-04
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Louis Guglielmi (1916–1991) was a Catalan musician of Italian extraction who wrote under the nom de plume Louiguy. 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. Guglielmi was born on the 3rd April 1916 in Barcelona. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Louigu
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- Barcelona, Spain
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- Vence, France
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- Piano
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Key dates
- Born
- 3 April 1916
- Died
- 4 April 1991
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3 objects attributed to Louiguy, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Louis Guglielmi (3 April 1916 – 4 April 1991), known by his pen name Louiguy (), was a French musician. 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.
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 1946 with La Rose de la mer and including To Die of Love (1971). Among the last was the score for Jean Gabin's final gangster flick, Verdict (1974). He died in Vence, one day after his 75th birthday.
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1916 births1991 deaths20th-century French composers20th-century French male composers20th-century Spanish musiciansComposers from CataloniaFrench people of Italian descentFrench people of Spanish descentMusicians from BarcelonaSpanish emigrants to FranceSpanish male musiciansSpanish people of Italian descent