The Manhattan Transfer - Chanson D' Amour

Good Monday Morning my RP Brothers and Sisters from the beautiful blue skies this morning from Greater Boston!!!

Back in 1977 there was a great song that hit the airwaves by the "Manhattan Transfer" Which I am featuring as the first Music Interlude song for today...

Here is a little background:

"Chanson D'Amour" ("Song of Love") is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. A 1977 recording by the Manhattan Transfer was an international hit, reaching #1 in the UK Singles Chart, and Australia.

The Manhattan Transfer remade "Chanson D'Amour" for their 1976 Richard Perry-produced Coming Out album. The song came to the group's producer Richard Perry's attention as a demo on cassette. The group and Richard listened, and immediately decided to record the song. Janis Siegel sang the lead with an Edith Piaf sound, and it was recorded in one take.

Overlooked in the United States in its single release, the Manhattan Transfer's version of "Chanson D'Amour" became a European hit, breaking out on the charts in France at the start of 1977 to peak there at #8: the track subsequently became a hit in Germany (#20), the Netherlands (#6), Norway (#1 for two weeks) and Switzerland (#6). In the English-speaking world, "Chanson D'Amour" afforded the Manhattan Transfer a chart-topping hit, reaching #1 in March 1977 in both the UK – for three weeks[1] – and Ireland. It was also a hit in Australia (#9), New Zealand (#14) and South Africa (#14). "Chanson D'Amour" proved to be the Manhattan Transfer's most widespread international success, despite being only moderately successful in the group's native United States, where the track registered on Easy Listening chart in Billboard at #16.

LYRICS:

"Chanson D'amour"
(originally by Art And Dotty Todd)

Chanson d'amour
Play encore
Here in my heart
More and more

Chanson d'amour
Je t'adore
Each time I hear
Chanson, chanson d'amour

Chanson d'amour
Je t'adore
Each time I hear
Chanson, chanson d'amour

Every time I hear
Chanson, chanson d'amour

Writer(s): Wayne Shanklin