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Who sang Les Moulins de mon cœur?
Michel Legrand released the song Les Moulins de mon cœur. Date of release: 1969.
Release date: 1969
Duration: 03:28
Writer(s): Michel Legrand
The story of the song ' Les Moulins de mon cœur '
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The meaning of the song 'Les Moulins de mon cœur ', based on the lyrics
What is Les Moulins de mon cœur about?
🎶 Les Moulins de mon cœur song analysis
It's a song about someone who loves someone very deeply, and how that love affects him and his life.
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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Les Moulins de mon cœur’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
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Michel Legrand - Short Biography
- Michel Legrand was a French-American musician, composer, jazz pianist, singer and arranger, born in Paris on February 24, 1932 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on January 26, 2019.
- He won three Academy Awards for his work as a composer for film.
- He was known for his jazz music, as well as his work in classical and popular music.
- His works include more than 200 film and television scores and over 100 songs.
- He was considered one of the greatest French composers of the 20th century.
- He won three Academy Awards for his work as a composer for film.
- He was known for his jazz music, as well as his work in classical and popular music.
- His works include more than 200 film and television scores and over 100 songs.
- He was considered one of the greatest French composers of the 20th century.
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-The Windmills of Your Mind is a song from the film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), based on the andante from Mozart's Symphony Concertante for Violin and Viola K 364.
-It won the Golden Globe for best original song and the Oscar for best original song in 1969.
-This American song, composed by French composer Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, was originally performed by Noel Harrison.
-A French version, entitled Les Moulins de mon cœur, was written to lyrics by Eddy Marnay and sung by Michel Legrand himself in 1969.
-The song has been covered by many artists, both in English and in French or other languages, including Dusty Springfield: his version reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on Billboard Magazine's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks in 1969.
-Other performances include those of Vassilikos, Sharleen Spiteri, Petula Clark, Elaine Paige, Barbra Streisand, José Feliciano, Sting, Jason Kouchak, Val Doonican, Terry Hall, Sally Ann Marsh, Farhad Mehrad, Alison Moyet, Swing Out Sister, Edward Woodward, Kiri Te Kanawa, All Angels, Tina Arena, Dianne Reeves, Parenthetical Girls, Phrase, Take 6, Meck, Earl Grant, Vanilla Fudge, Eva Mendes, Dusty Springfield, George Benson and Petra Haden.
-A French version, entitled Les Moulins de mon cœur, was written with lyrics by Eddy Marnay.
This version was performed, among others, by Michel Legrand himself, Alain Delon, Nana Mouskouri, Eva Mendes, Frida Boccara, Sylvie Vartan, Jeanne Mas, Grégory Lemarchal, Natalie Dessay, Julia Migenes, Didier Barbelivien, Corinne Hermès, Amaury Vassili, Dany Brillant, Claude François, Noëlle Cordier, Mireille Mathieu, Marcel Amont, Kathleen Fortin (in an a cappella scene at the opening of the film Tom à la ferme), Camille Bertault (on Kyle Eastwood's album Cinematic), Jean-Jacques de Launay (on the album The French Melodies), as well as Caterina Valente (who will regularly perform it in French or English in her concerts). Juliette Armanet covers it at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
-Poet and musician Mansour Rahbani has adapted the lyrics into Arabic: The Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji is thus one of the interpreters of La Bidayi Wla Nihayi.
-It won the Golden Globe for best original song and the Oscar for best original song in 1969.
-This American song, composed by French composer Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, was originally performed by Noel Harrison.
-A French version, entitled Les Moulins de mon cœur, was written to lyrics by Eddy Marnay and sung by Michel Legrand himself in 1969.
-The song has been covered by many artists, both in English and in French or other languages, including Dusty Springfield: his version reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on Billboard Magazine's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks in 1969.
-Other performances include those of Vassilikos, Sharleen Spiteri, Petula Clark, Elaine Paige, Barbra Streisand, José Feliciano, Sting, Jason Kouchak, Val Doonican, Terry Hall, Sally Ann Marsh, Farhad Mehrad, Alison Moyet, Swing Out Sister, Edward Woodward, Kiri Te Kanawa, All Angels, Tina Arena, Dianne Reeves, Parenthetical Girls, Phrase, Take 6, Meck, Earl Grant, Vanilla Fudge, Eva Mendes, Dusty Springfield, George Benson and Petra Haden.
-A French version, entitled Les Moulins de mon cœur, was written with lyrics by Eddy Marnay.
This version was performed, among others, by Michel Legrand himself, Alain Delon, Nana Mouskouri, Eva Mendes, Frida Boccara, Sylvie Vartan, Jeanne Mas, Grégory Lemarchal, Natalie Dessay, Julia Migenes, Didier Barbelivien, Corinne Hermès, Amaury Vassili, Dany Brillant, Claude François, Noëlle Cordier, Mireille Mathieu, Marcel Amont, Kathleen Fortin (in an a cappella scene at the opening of the film Tom à la ferme), Camille Bertault (on Kyle Eastwood's album Cinematic), Jean-Jacques de Launay (on the album The French Melodies), as well as Caterina Valente (who will regularly perform it in French or English in her concerts). Juliette Armanet covers it at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
-Poet and musician Mansour Rahbani has adapted the lyrics into Arabic: The Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji is thus one of the interpreters of La Bidayi Wla Nihayi.
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