Franck Pourcel

Franck Pourcel ( born August 14, 1913 in Marseille, † November 12, 2000 in Neuilly -sur -Seine ) was a French band leader, composer and violinist. In addition to Raymond Lefèvre and Paul Mauriat and his orchestra, he was one of the leading easy-listening musicians of France.

According to the Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders by Wayne Jancik (1998), he sold over 15 million records worldwide. His entry in the book he owed his single ( instrumental ) hit in the U.S. charts: Only You - 1959 9th place The song was a worldwide hit in 1955 already for the most successful vocal group of the 1950s, The Platters been.

To Pourcels repertoire counted in addition to traditional topics and pop. So he took all the albums with music of the Beatles or ABBA. Also pop, country or film music was not an obstacle for him. Two of his most famous compositions were by other artists to Evergreens: In 1952, he wrote Blue Tango; the instrumental placed himself in the same year at number one on the U.S. charts in a version by Leroy Anderson. Being under the pseudonym J. W. Stole composed title Chariot was successfully used by Petula Clark, Peggy March (I Will Follow Him, also number one in the U.S.) received or Whoopie Goldberg ( in the movie Sister Act ).

For many years, also Pourcel Orchestra conductor of numerous articles in the Euro Vision Song Contest. So he conducted from 1956 to 1972 a total of 22 songs from France, Germany, Monaco, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.