Hubert Giraud

Hubert Yves Adrian Giraud (3 March 1920 – 16 January 2016) was a French composer and lyricist.

[1][2] Giraud began his career playing the harmonica with Django Reinhardt's jazz group, the Quintette du Hot Club de France.

Six years later, he joined Jacques Hélian's orchestra in scoring a series of post-war romantic comedy films, including Georges Combert's 1951 feature, Musique en tête.

[3] Giraud (with lyricist Pierre Cour) wrote the song "Gitans" (a.k.a.

Giraud also wrote the music for the songs "Sous le ciel de Paris" in 1951 and "Mamy Blue" in 1970.