"What Now, My Love?" is the English title of a popular song whose original French version, "Et maintenant" (English: "And Now") was written in 1961 by composer Gilbert Bécaud and lyricist Pierre Delanoë. The recurring musical pattern in the background is the Boléro by Ravel. English lyrics and the title were written by Carl Sigman.
Early English versions of the song were recorded by Jane Morgan, Shirley Bassey and Ben E. King. Shirley Bassey's Columbia Single peaked at #5 on the United Kingdom charts in 1962.
Gilbert Bécaud's original version of this song topped the French chart in 1961. Director Claude Lelouch used the song at the climax of his 1974 film Toute une vie, which led to it being released in America under the title And Now My Love.
US Top 40 covers include Sonny & Cher (#14 US, #13 UK) in 1966, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass instrumentally in the same year, and Mitch Ryder the following year. On January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley performed the song before a live audience of 1 billion people, as part of his satellite show, "Aloha from Hawaii", which was beamed to 43 countries via INTELSAT.
Recorded versions in English, otherwise it is stated in parentheses.
Aimable: (instrumental: "Et maintenant") (1966)
David Alexander
Alpay (in Turkish: "Seninle Ölmek")
Herb Alpert (instrumental)
Elga Andersen (in French: "Et maintenant") (1961)
Philippe Andrey (in French: "Et maintenant") (1962)
Ray Anthony (instrumental)
Richard Anthony (in French: "Et maintenant")
Isabelle Aubret (in French: "Et maintenant")
Nora Aunor
Chet Atkins (instrumental in guitar picking)
Salvatore Adamo (in French: "Et maintenant") (2016)
Long John Baldry
Shirley Bassey, from the album Let's Face the Music (1962); it spent four months on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #5
Roy Black (in French: "Et maintenant")
Gilbert Bécaud
Isabelle Boulay (in French: "Et maintenant")
Charles Boyer
Brando, an Italo disco project (1983)
Dee Dee Bridgewater (in French: "Et maintenant")
Max Bygraves
Lana Cantrell
Caravelli (instrumental)
José Carreras (in French: "Et maintenant")
Judita Čeřovská (in Czech: "Co bude dál")
Christelle Chollet (in French: "Et maintenant")
Ann Christy (in French: "Et maintenant")
Petula Clark
Richard Clayderman (instrumental)
Freddy Cole
Ray Conniff
Les Classels (in French: "Et maintenant")
Dalida (in Italian: "Senza di te")
Vic Damone
John Davidson
Sammy Davis Jr.
Angelo Debarre (instrumental)
Joey DeFrancesco (instrumental)
John DeFrancesco (instrumental)
Alice Dona (in French: "Et maintenant")
Lou Donaldson (instrumental)
Lee Dorsey
Oliver Dragojevic - at a live show at the Paris Olympia
Anne Marie David
Candan Erçetin (in French: "Et maintenant")
Duane Eddy
Lara Fabian (in French: "Et maintenant")
Marianne Faithfull (in French: "Et maintenant")
Agnetha Fältskog
Ferrante & Teicher
Connie Francis (English; bilingual: English/French, French/Italian: "Che mai faro")
Aretha Franklin & Frank Sinatra (1993)
Élodie Frégé (in French: "Et maintenant")
Judy Garland
John Gary
Lucho Gatica (in French: "Et maintenant")
Don Gibson
Jackie Gleason
Robert Goulet
Earl Grant
Stéphane Grappelli (instrumental)
Buddy Greco
Johnny Hallyday (in French: "Et maintenant")
Engelbert Humperdinck
Marc Hervieux (in French: "Et maintenant")
In-Grid (in French: "Et maintenant")
Tor Isedal (in Swedish: "Vad gör jag nu?")
Jocelyne Jocya (in French: "Et maintenant")
Patricia Kaas
Barney Kessel (instrumental)
Ben E. King
Hildegard Knef (in German: "Was wird aus mir")
Marianne Kock (in Swedish: "Vad händer nu?")
Andre Kostelanetz
János Kulka (in French: "Et maintenant")
Gloria Lasso (in French: "Et maintenant")
James Last
Steve Lawrence
Vicky Leandros
Amanda Lear (2014)
Brenda Lee
Michel Leeb (in French: "Et maintenant")
Raymond Lefèvre (instrumental)
Grégory Lemarchal, from the 2007 album La Voix d'un ange (in French: "Et maintenant")
The Lettermen
Ramsey Lewis (instrumental)
Liberace
Kong Ling, female singer from Hong Kong (1966)
Helmut Lotti
Norman Luboff Choir
Arthur Lyman (instrumental)
Freddie McCoy (instrumental)
Barbara McNair
Dominique Magloire (in French: "Et maintenant")
Martha and the Vandellas
Grady Martin (instrumental)
Al Martino
Johnny Mathis
Paul Mauriat (instrumental)
Pino Mauro (in Italian: "Se tu lo vuoi")
Ainars Mielavs (in French: "Et maintenant")
Milva (in Italian: "Che mai faro")
Eddy Mitchell (in French: "Et maintenant")
Willie Mitchell
Jane Morgan (first US chart version, Music Vendor #129, March–April 1962)
Lee Morgan
Alain Morisod (instrumental)
Nana Mouskouri
Jim Nabors
Willie Nelson
Anthony Newley
Wayne Newton
NOFX
Nomadi
Roy Orbison
Frank Oz as Miss Piggy - The Muppet Show (season 1, episode 15)
Patti Page
Florent Pagny (in French: "Et maintenant")
Fausto Papetti (instrumental)
Joe Pass
The Peddlers
Elvis Presley
Franck Pourcel (instrumental)
The Quin Tikis (see Waiata : Maori Showbands, Balladeers & Pop Stars
Lou Rawls
Della Reese
Irene Reid
Ginette Reno (in French: "Et maintenant")
The Righteous Brothers
Edmundo Ros
Mitch Ryder
Ricchi e Poveri (in Italian: "E no e no")
Sandler and Young
Patrick Saussois (instrumental)
Sandie Shaw- from the album The Sandie Shaw Supplement (1968)
Frank Sinatra - That's Life (1966)
Javier Solis (in Spanish: "Porque Me Dejas")
Sonny & Cher
Sounds Incorporated (instrumental)
Dakota Staton
Barbra Streisand
Enzo Stuarti
The Supremes
Les Stentors (in French: "Et maintenant")
Ginjiro Sweet (in Japanese and in French: "Et maintenant")
The Temptations
Agnaldo Timóteo (in Portuguese: "E Agora")
Richard Tucker
Stanley Turrentine (instrumental)
Will Tura (in Flemish: "Wat moet ik doen")
Caterina Valente
Dana Valery
Sarah Vaughan
The Ventures
Violetta Villas
Dionne Warwick
Marianne Weber: (in Dutch: "Goodbye My Love")
Joe Wilder (instrumental)
Andy Williams
Klaus Wunderlich (instrumental)
Gheorghe Zamfir (instrumental)
Måns Zelmerlöw (in French: "Et maintenant")
