Popp was born into a family of German-Dutch background , in Fontenay-le-Comte , Vendée . He started his career as a church organist , filling the place of the abbott who had been called up to serve in World War II in 1939 . Popp studied music at the Saint Joseph Institute . In the 1950s he worked for the French radio station RTF , composing music for the '' Club d'Essai '' and , from 1953 to 1960 , '' La Bride sur le cou '' . He orchestrated a number of Juliette Greco albums in the late 1950s and early 1960s . In the 1960s , he co-wrote , with Pierre Cour , three songs for the Eurovision Song Contest : " Tom Pillibi " , which won the competition for France when it was sung by 18-year-old newcomer Jacqueline Boyer in 1960 , " Le chant de Mallory " , the 1964 French entry , performed by another newcomer , Rachel , and " L'amour est bleu " ( Love is Blue ) which came fourth for Luxembourg in 1967 , but which later became a number-one hit instrumental in the US for Paul Mauriat
L'amour est bleu
L'amour est bleu
André Popp