[1] In 1958, the husband and wife team of Art and Dotty Todd were the resident act at the Chapman Park Hotel in Los Angeles.
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.
In the UK both the Art and Dotty Todd and Fontane Sisters versions of "Chanson D'Amour" were issued along with domestic covers by Tony Brent and Steve Martin.
[citation needed] In 1959 a Finnish rendering of "Chanson D'Amour" was recorded by the vocal group Jokerit: this version was rerecorded in 1977 – subsequent to the success of the Manhattan Transfer version – by Ami Aspelund, and also by Lea Laven, and Silhuetit (fi) (album Jos Mulle Sydämesi Annat).
[citation needed] The song had made an interim Easy Listening chart appearance in 1966, when a remake by the Lettermen reached #8.