Milord (song)
Milord is the title of the famous songs of Édith Piaf, was established in 1958.
Genesis
After a stage accident on 28 May 1958 in Stockholm, the French chanson singer Édith Piaf again felt healthy enough to go on tour in July 1958. During a visit to a restaurant in Cannes she submitted her new boyfriend Georges Moustaki some ideas from which he was to write songs. One of them included a love affair on a gloomy Sunday in London. Moustaki listed then the word " Milord " ("my Lord" ) on a paper napkin. From this initial idea, he wrote the lyrics for the piece completely, and being a native of the British upper class Milord is left by his wife and comforted by a port girl. She asks him not to cry ( "ne Pleurez pas, Milord " ), feels but only as a shadow on the road ( " ombre de la rue "). Then Moustaki Piaf's friend and asked Marguerite Monnot Hauptkomponistin a corresponding melody. Later Moustaki explained that the melody, alternating Waltz, Foxtrot and Charleston rhythms contrasted by their major and minor passages. On October 28, 1958 Piaf presented a 1 -minute taste of the new song with Marguerite Monnot Milord at the piano, recorded at the home of Piaf on Boulevard Lannes No. 67 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
After two traffic accidents with Moustaki as a driver she could fly to the U.S. delayed until 6 January 1959. Here she had a gastric perforation and was diagnosed on liver cancer. In April 1959 she was after two blood transfusions to leave the hospital and felt healthy enough to with appearances in Washington fund their hospital bills.
Recording and publication
However, Milord not got here into oblivion. The title was ( 151 W 46th Street ) recorded with the Orchestra Robert Chauvigny on May 9, 1959 in the Capitol Recording Studios in New York. On 31 May 1959 she hereby appeared in the Ed Sullivan show, on June 20, 1959 she returned to France. When they (Gary Cooper, Elizabeth Taylor and Aristotle Onassis ) sang in the course of 1959, their new song during a charity gala in Monte Carlo before celebrity guests, the audience response was great. The single Milord / Je sais comment ( EMI Columbia 1245 ) was published in November 1959, the British author Bunny Lewis has written in October 1960 for this purpose an English text. For copywriters Moustaki the song meant the international breakthrough.
Success
In Germany, the original recording with the Piaf was born on December 11, 1959 on the market ( EMI Columbia C 21 346 ) and sold 200,000 copies right away. She was one of four versions in the charts, namely Piaf ( June 1960, Rank 1 from July 2, 1960 for 3 weeks), Dalida (June 1960; Rank 2), Dutch Swing College Band ( August 1960, rank 29) and Corry Brokken ( September 1960, rank 12). Milord has developed into one of the best-selling singles of the year 1960 in Germany, if you count all the versions together. Add to Bravo - year charts 1960, he was ranked 10th The German text was from Ernst Bader. Dalida was awarded a gold record in Germany for their version of Milord. Corry Brokken also sang a Dutch version, which earned her a gold record. Milva brought in September 1960 an Italian version on the market.
It was only in March 1961 got the title in the U.S. pop charts, where he was able to advance only up to # 88 and was a flop. In Britain, he came to a re-entry into the charts up to 24th place Milord was there the first completely sung in a foreign language song in the hit parade.
Mireille Mathieu singing The world is beautiful, Milord (LP world successes from Paris, 1985). On the melody of Milord based the Red Horse, performed by the Mallorca Cowboys & Friends (featuring Markus Becker) (August 2007). Overall, there are at least 50 cover versions, recorded in 6 languages at least.