Released 1948 (1948) Recorded 14 December 1948 Length 3:10 | Format 10-inch 78 rpm reocrd Genre March Label Odeon | |
Maître Pierre is a French popular song composed in 1948 by Henri Betti with the lyrics by Jacques Plante. The English lyrics were written in 1951 by Mitchell Parish.
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On December 14, 1948, Yves Montand recorded the song with an orchestra leads by Henri Betti who is the composer of the music. The same day, he recorded another song composed by Henri Betti : Rien dans les Mains, rien dans les Poches (lyrics by André Hornez) but with an orchestra leads by Bob Castella.
On January 5, 1949, Georges Guétary recorded the song with Marius Coste and his Orchestra.
On February 22, 1949, Jean Marco, Jo Charrier and Ginette Garcin recorded the song with Jacques Hélian and his Orchestra.
On February 25, 1949, Les Compagnons de la chanson recorded the song with Marc Herrand and his Orchestra. The next year, they recorded an another song by Henri Betti : Elle Chante (lyrics by René Rouzaud).
In 1950, Jula De Palma recorded the song with Bruno Quirinetta and his Orchestra. The next year, she also recorded with Bruno Quirinetta and his Orchestra the other hits of Henri Betti : C'est si bon (lyrics by André Hornez).
In 1951, Mitchell Parish wrote the English lyrics for the recording of the song by The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra on October 24, 1951. The title song became The Windmill Song.
In 1953, the melody of the song was featured in the movie Soyez les bienvenus in which the melodies of C'est si bon and What Can I Do ? were also featured. These three songs are the biggest hits of Henri Betti.
In 1985, Charles Level sang the song with Robert Quibel and his Orchestra at the TV show Thé Dansant where he also sang C'est si bon.
In 1995, Sophie Darel released the album C'était les Années Bleues where she recorded the song in duet with Pierre Perret and C'est si bon in duet with Évelyne Leclercq.
In 2013, Jean-Jacques Debout recorded the song for the album Sous le Soleil des Guinguettes. The same year, he recorded for the album Les Chansons des Guinguettes an another song composed by Henri Betti : La Chanson du Maçon (lyrics by Maurice Chevalier and Maurice Vandair).