Paul Mauriat "Love Is Blue" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Paul Mauriat "Love Is Blue" on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 18, 1968. Subscribe now to never miss an update: ume.lnk.to/EdSullivanSubscribe
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The Ed Sullivan Show was a television variety program that aired on CBS from 1948-1971. For 23 years it aired every Sunday night and played host to the world's greatest talents. The Ed Sullivan Show is well known for bringing rock n' roll music to the forefront of American culture through acts like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. The entertainers each week ranged from comedians like Joan Rivers and Rodney Dangerfield, to Broadway stars Julie Andrews and Richard Burton, to pop singers such as Bobby Darin and Petula Clark. It also frequently featured stars of Motown such as The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5. The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the only places on American television where such a wide variety of popular culture was showcased and its legacy lives on to this day.
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[@liveonerke]

I was 6 years old when I first heard this and begged and pleaded for my Mom to let me buy this record. It was my very first 45 non-kid record. Still, 54 years later, this song is amazing and gives me the same feeling!

[@timothysobina6777]

I play this song on the piano for several of our nursing homes every month. They love the older tunes!

[@aaronaragon7838]

Me too...

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

I was ten and just about wore out the 45 record. Stunning song. All the best .

[@tombarzey7964]

I was a year up on you when this tune came out in 1968 and as yourself, feel the same way.

[@derbsbiz2266]

So much different than today...

[@thomasrastocky3871]

These beautiful young ladies appear to be about 25 years old. They are now 80 years old. Hope they have a good life. Everyone has a story…

[@steniofreire8826]

A maioria já morreu . Kkkk São já idosas . Mas, concordo- tem suas histórias . E belíssima música TOP

[@Mogeclub]

How nice it would be if some of these dancers drop his or her story about this clip here in the comments.

[@jackgoff4859]

They are all dead, and they lived lives of despair.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@jackgoff4859 How so?

[@louislamonte334]

Don't forget the handsome young gents!

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

God 56 years ago. This is 2024.

[@OVERHERE-OVERHERE]

Way back when life was simple and yet the world was complicated

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

@@OVERHERE-OVERHERE Ten-Four

[@smilanesi98]

A 🎉 beautiful work then as it would be now.

[@mangochutney4874]

🥰

[@williampaz2092]

Where did all the time go? When did I grow old?

[@onecooldude1644]

Where has the class of this era gone? It sickens me to see what music and entertainment have now become.

[@fireworxz]

Exactly

[@saponi2]

Nothing is real anymore! Music is synthesized. Background green screen, lip sinking fakes. May even be AI! Pathetic no talent wannabes!

[@jogallagher3680]

I still find good music in movie soundtracks. A Beautiful Mind and Interstellar come to mind. 🎵 🎶

[@ALEXMAKSACHEFF]

All gone downhill

[@marcofreyssonnet9673]

There's good stuff but not on mainstream media anymore

[@robertlennon9531]

It never gets old, but we are.

[@tightcamper]

Aint that the truth!

[@macedonian_catholic_]

Literally born the same year the man died, but still one of my favourite songs

[@gregoryquint7653]

I love it! Another year closer to meeting Yeshua, Face to face.

[@ronaldproctor1776]

Painfully true!! 😂

[@mariajesusporqueras27]

Je sois ich avec toi quien eres 1:39 iui

[@bpasbrig5]

And to think this masterpiece came out during the era of Rock & Roll. And reached the top of the charts. Shows how we appreciated ALL kinds of music.

[@emerybayblues]

It was the #2 song for 1968.

[@uy7munir]

this song could not have come out BUT FOR rock and roll. My God, you people

[@matrox]

Exactly...1950s-1970s produced the best portfolio of music in world history. Something that will never be repeated.

[@stevensmith8666]

​@@uy7munirthe hell is your problem?? 😊

[@Alex-gn9px]

@bpasbrig5 In that period there was Baroque Pop (In my life, For no one, A whiter shade of pale) So many people accepted more "classical" songs

[@EduardoJose-op9wv]

One of the greatest no 1 instrumental music of 1967 and they played this song to death. RIP Paul Muriat and thank for wonderful music.

[@tomsmith2013]

I remember. It nearly played all of us to death.

[@moryan6447]

Incessantly🙂. Along with Honey, Bobby Goldsboro.

[@grigorirasputin5020]

I don't remember it being played to death. The one FM station that I ever heard it on, I listened and waited anxiously for its next air play, which seemed few and far between. I was unaware until now that this song charted so high in 1968.

[@lorddiosliving]

Yep it ran through 1967 to 1984... Talking about not changing the LP record from the rockola

[@lorddiosliving]

@@moryan6447 ughh...too awful

[@martiglesias60]

Great to hear a harpsichord in popular music.

[@user-we5dw9mo7u]

I thought he was playing a spinet.

[@jamesfisher1952]

No music like this today. So sad.

[@hellodolly9879]

Born in 1960. Amazing how timeless this is. Beautiful oboe solo.

[@brt5273]

I miss the days when instrumentals like this and Classical Gas were on the Pop charts and playing over the radio.

[@audiobooksmore3374]

I remember hearing this song when I was a child, and I would keep humming it or playing it in my head without realizing it. It would be years later before I would finally discover the title of this song - now I can't stop playing it! This song was a number 1 hit in the U.S. and Canada for FIVE weeks in 1968!! Paul Mauriat was a genius!

[@timothy2431]

OMG, same here. I heard it at about three years old and have always loved it, I can't get enough of it, so soothing

[@alfonsojbc.3803]

Participated in Eurovision 1.967 in the voice Vicky Leandros.

[@patrickdunn3974]

Me too

[@russgifford519]

This is a great example of TV in it's prime. A high quality variety show that was live from New York with time and effort put into an enjoyable performance.

[@MrUsermister]

... that the only thing we have these days is a screen without contents and, yes you guessed it, without meanings.

[@ceilconstante640]

Would be to expensive to have the great music and variety shows of the past. Instead we have stupid reality & cop shows. Glad I grew up in a time we had quality and less channels.

[@patriciaschuster1371]

Could not afford good show@ like this today. Trash rules.

[@ZJ-ne9kn]

Absolutely, they need to make a comeback, so many great entertainers were on this show just about everybody..

[@haroldreyes7549]

NOT LIVE!! CHECK OUT HIS LIVE PERFORMANCE ON OTHER CHANNELS,WITH HIS ORCHESTRA THERE!!!!

[@candyslashthekiller7058]

I love how the dancers all found their way back to their original positions at the end. They almost remind me of wind up toys for some reason

[@09conrado]

That was obviously the inspiration for this choreography, the music box tingletangle of the harpsichord. Loved the awkwardness of it

[@markvon4650]

Its called practice practice practice until you get it right, over and over again.

[@rickholden8591]

In my opinion, the most melodically beautiful instrumental ever made.

[@henry6354]

Tied with Stelvio Cipriani mary's theme

[@DougCeleste]

One of the GREATEST instrumentals ever! This was at a time when tv was worth watching with clean and wholesome family entertainment every night unlike today. I also LOVE the choreography with this song by these dancers. Claudine Longet had a minor hit with her singing of this song in French and English. RIP Paul Mauriat and thanks for the cherished memories of your timeless classic song. 😎

[@davidluz8971]

Apenas me estaba recordando de este temazo que cuando dormía siempre lo escuchaba quien lo escucha en el 2024 😢❤🙌🏾🙏🏾

[@Sun_Moon77]

My God, the way he smiles while he plays. Goosebumps. 💖

[@palerider964]

.....creepy.....🫤

[@user-fy4bl3qm6q]

so true

[@vinnymurrell5711]

I don't think he or the other musicians were actually playing. Music was recorded and they went through the motions. Not Millie-Vanilli though. Muriat actually played this music for the recording.

[@christopherlindsey583]

He Looks So Happy. Very Nicely Done.

[@timmyross2721]

I believe the main instruments/vocals on that particular show were required to be live. I can't vouch for this particular song but most artists I've seen definitely have different vocals from their studio recordings. @@vinnymurrell5711

[@jorgefernandez-tv1fs]

Paul Mauriat's golden hit.👏👏👏 I love it.🇨🇵

[@renesagahon4477]

Ironically the song was a failure in France. Unbelievable

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

​@@renesagahon4477Their loss.

[@robertk6ha]

One of the best instrumentals of modern times listening to it for almost 60 years and it never gets old.

[@jimmyjames6267]

So much talent in 60s and 70s that will never be matched

[@virkelie2]

The most beautiful song in the world.

[@johnmohanmusic]

Every time I hear this song it takes me back to the summer of 1968 sitting in the back seat of my dad's metallic blue Cadillac convertible (top down), with my Mom and Dad (pre-divorce) in the front seat on our way to the Kansas City Plaza, with this song playing through the car's stereo complete with back seat "reverb speaker". A time and a song I hold dear to me.

[@matrox]

Some of the coolest dance moves I have seen since 1783.

[@pasdeville]

me too (but already since 1583)

[@skwalker1977]

@@pasdeville Me too (but already 1410)

[@christopherlindsey583]

Love This

[@craiglarge5925]

The year of The Treaty of Paris.

[@annanardo2358]

The choreography is worse than anything I can say, I'm just speechless it's so bad.😖😖😖

[@sonnycervone7010]

The great music of the 60's and 70's. Unlike today's music,

[@KsiadzRobak7]

Prawda , ciężko dziś znaleźć taką muzykę

[@rjlimes]

Very Right!

[@charleshunziker7416]

Never get tired of watching this video

[@MichaelGladys-ob6nb]

Just a absolute classic.

[@EricTrinthamer]

Love is blue and not red. Thanks to Paul. One of my favorite song.

[@timmyross2721]

Dang and I thought I was the only one who saw the mismatch in costume-song colors. At least the chandler lights where blue.

[@sallypitts7659]

I was a Senior in high school when this piece became popular. Now, all these years later, I love it as if it just became popular. Class of '68, I hope you're still going strong!!

[@alabhaois]

👍👍👍

[@c17nav]

Sally, I was also a junior in high school at that time. I recommended a choral version of this song (with lyrics) to my choir teacher. She actually found a great SATB version for our A Cappella choir, which was enjoyed by all.

[@craiglarge5925]

As I can recall, the first time hearing this particular song was August 1972 , driving along the Pacific Coast Highway with my parents past the Hearst Castle. I was 9 at the time .There was a lot of great music back then on the radio.

[@doowopsoulster3141]

These types of instrumentals oldies always makes us feel happy 😊😊😊❤❤

[@michaelfields8793]

Paul Muriat is remembered and acclaimed. Look at all those beautiful dancers. Who remembers them? 'People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame...Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.' Such is life 'On Broadway.'

[@Doug-mc3dd]

The black dude in the middle is just bad ass cool. The band in the back has swag too. All of them are great. I can't stop watching this.😂

u mean the black pimp

[@davidwiner8571]

I've always loved this song. I've been listening to it now for 56 years .doesn't seem possible that it's that old or me either 🤔 😕

[@matrox]

Thats how they got down in the 1700s folks...love the dance moves.

[@otiebrown9999]

Got out of thr Army, March 1968. My song of freedom!

[@timmyross2721]

Thank you for your service. I just can't believe going home after all that and hearing the magic of this song. God bless.

[@johnfast5852]

Boy, does that take me back in time. Makes me want to cry.

[@almodovar251]

This song is a beautiful masterpiece!

[@actarusfleed6607]

Growing up in the 60's, Ed Sullivan's Show was top notch second to none. You brought so much excitement and joy to countless viewers. I could never forget your friend Topo Gigio. The way he laughed after you used to rub his ear was so cute. R.I.P. Mr. Sullivan.

[@ravenzroozt3097]

This composition was Soo beautifully arranged! That's what Today's music lacks So Much of.

[@carol-mariefleming8689]

I, too, remember this from my childhood. It makes me sad, it's beautiful, but it brings up too many memories and how fast time has gone by. ❤

[@annb1]

Yes, memories of mom and dad dancing to this in our living room. RIP mom and dad.

[@jorgeespinosa3179]

The first song I ever heard.

[@evakoi2104]

Yes it's true 😢sad how time flies 😢

[@october1349]

"Love is Blue" reminds me of a loved one who has departed and the feelings you still have for them.

[@LetsGoChaseThatTrain]

This song was all over the radio back then, then completely disappeared. First time in 55 years that I've heard it.

[@Doug-mc3dd]

Not for me because I have it on an album.😁

[@ronnelacido1711]

Never thought that someone was able to make a choreographed dance with this instrumental, but it did. Cute dance steps. Love it.

[@ed008ue]

all the pieces fell into place and you have a Masterpiece...

[@tedbudner2391]

Massive hit in 1968..Number One for 5 weeks!

[@ricardoroncuzzo1347]

This is the kind of song that you never get tired of listening to, it is a melody that makes the soul happy.

[@musiclover1960ED]

This particular song RESTORES my faith in humanity....such a great song.....thank you for sharing

[@LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise]

Paul is so happy and charismatic in this video

[@markthompson7727]

The choreography reminds me of Bob Fosse’s “Sweet Charity” which was a big hit on Broadway at the time.

[@chrisrichard6352]

I thought the exact same thimg

[@smellyrose-fy8rs]

Thank you

[@lisastillwagon425]

Not quite the same Choreography as Sweet Charity.

[@TedSeay]

Could Fosse have done this?

[@LannieLord]

This is a PALE comparison to Fosses's pin point perfect moves ! @@TedSeay

[@stevehall383]

That was one of the most unique dance routines I've ever seen from that era...and it fit the melody perfectly.

[@bobbolondz2701]

I didn't know there were degrees of uniqueness.

[@michaeliacangelo9423]

@@bobbolondz2701 There are now.

[@eugenesedita]

It’s either unique or not. No such thing as most unique, chump.

[@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j132]

How do you catch a unique rabbit? You neek up on him!

[@TedSeay]

Bob Fosse choreography?

[@KillrMillr7]

I watched this the night it aired on, We gotta really big Shoooe. Lol

[@truebetold65]

Wow..masterpiece is an understatement.

[@raymnr]

This generation will never experience the feeling and wealth of memories of this time and space, I was so lucky.

[@KS-nm6rt]

you still alive?

[@robrodell]

The choreography looks like Fosse. Perfect 60s. Brilliant.

[@surferbri5346]

I was born September 1968, chances are my parents were in the backseat making me to this one

[@ThePaleGuy01]

Oh, how much I miss these long gone better times!

[@georgenadvi9932]

I wonder what happened to each one of those wonderful dancers. The sad thing about life is people age and die. RIP to those that passed away.

[@sammcbride2149]

Never seen anything quite like that before. And I've always loved that music.

[@maynardsmoreland]

A memorable, gentle song during a turbulent year.

[@MicroSoftner]

Turbulent year? I was born that year! What the heck happened?

[@maynardsmoreland]

@@MicroSoftner War, assassinations, etc.

[@rockyrabbit2834]

@@MicroSoftner 1968 is known as "The Year of Protests" or "The Year the Shattered America" due to all the race riots, assassinations of MLK and Bobby Kennedy, the Vietnam war, the student/police standoffs, etc.

[@johngreen6783]

@@MicroSoftner King Kennedy Kent State. Ok not Kent State but MLK and Bobby Kennedy both shot, crime rate going thru the roof, race riots, Russians invade Czechoslovakia, riots at the Democratic convention, Tet Offensive in Vietnam burning draft cards burning bras losing the war,…need I go on?

[@stephenhosking7384]

A great observation! Yes, a turbulent year, and nearing the end of a turbulent decade culturally, politically and musically. This helps us appreciate the appeal of this song, and the retro performance.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

I was only 4 yrs old st the time this was a hit but I enjoyed listening to it then and still do now Auckland New Zealand 2023

[@johnrudan9699]

Sullivan sure had some cosmic choreography! Mauriat was grinning through the whole song!

[@christopherlindsey583]

Great Dancers. He Looks So Happy.

[@perpetual61]

I was 6 when this was released it always brings me to My Happy Childhood during the 60's. I just turned 60's and now fills me with Nostalgia for a time for days long gone.

[@chuckf6163]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[@trinitylancer]

This song reminds of the mid winter of 1968 when my mother was recovering from a mild heart attack in early February of that year. I was 14 at the time and this song would be playing in restaurant and pizza parlor jukeboxes. It was a breath of fresh air being just an instrumental song and it made me use my imagination as to what the song meant in regards to love. The song brightened up the winter era with its frigid temps and 5pm sunsets.

[@ls-kk4pq]

This brings back so many memories! Wow! Still sounds just as good.

[@chrishoke5455]

Watched this countless times just noticed the musicians in the back

[@natalie-nicolenelson4812]

Look at Paul Mauriat's face! He's totally delighted with this exceptional performance accompanying his work. The musician is in seventh heaven. Check his grin! Barely contained! (1:57) Goodness love him! :)

[@christopherlindsey583]

I Thought The Same. Great Video. Very Uplifting.

[@colleenvantrease4977]

I sure really truly honestly do love the music 🎶 🎵 of this talented guy. I sure really truly honestly am so very sorry to hear that he died . May you rip, your family, friends, co-workers, fans all over the world 🌎 miss you so very much. May God watch over you always. You're remembered for your greatest talent no matter what the music was . You sure really truly honestly won't never ever be forgotten never ever.

[@juanirias3246]

This video is a masterpiece 👏 ❤❤, thanks for sharing 👍 🙏.

[@AdrianGaetan-et7vx]

BRILLANTE LA COMPOSICIÓN!! LA ESCUCHE MUCHÍSIMAS VECES.. NO ME CANSA.. SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINA

[@theresareynolds3133]

This is my husband’s favorite song, every time it comes on the radio he blasts our ear drums

[@shyman99]

Interesting choreography. It's not the visual image I would have used, but from a historical record, it is what it is.

[@toniigx8]

my thoughts exactly

[@VeraHannaford]

It's like a Regency Boh Fosse.

[@MichaelChristiaens]

Yes😀

[@tomlovejoy1534]

It's the 60's anything goes! 😎

[@zoe1972]

I actually loved it. I was shocked though the first time I watched it, but it really grew on me after I had watched it a few times.

[@moodyblues1273]

Fell in love with this song when i first heard it as a little girl. I was born in 1968.

[@user-mj9tx2kt8y]

AQUI NO BRASIL FEZ MUITO SUCESSO E MARAVILHOSO VOLTAR A ESTE TEMPO

[@shindigmusic4776]

The choreography was appropriate since at the time this song was at the top of the pop charts surpassing all of the rock and roll of the day.

[@larainevanetten5311]

The song was great The choreography sucked.

[@dmark1922]

I agree that it probably seemed "mod" at the time, but it certainly hasn't aged well. I remember the song well but was spared from seeing this on Ed Sullivan until now. 😆

[@pasdeville]

Great choreography

[@Seekthetruth3000]

Paul Mauriat was one of the best orchestrators of all time.

[@GeneRogers-xl9um]

Love that dance with the head movement done with the accompanying dancers to the most beautiful melody I ❤.

[@santiagobladimir5862]

Paul Mauriat is a pioneer in gold instrumentals

[@user-hd1oy9ry9e]

Wonderfull, pure music forever.

[@Humbertusmarius]

A time when instrumental music could still be a hit. Miss those days.

[@RAFchurchlawford4469]

""L'amour est bleu" (French pronunciation: ​[lamuʁ ɛ blø]; "Love Is Blue") is a song whose music was composed by André Popp, and whose lyrics were written by Pierre Cour, in 1967. Bryan Blackburn later wrote English-language lyrics for it. First performed in French by Greek singer Vicky Leandros (appearing as Vicky) as the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, it has since been recorded by many other musicians, most notably French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat, whose familiar instrumental version (recorded in late 1967) became the only number-one hit by a French lead artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 in America." (Wikipedia)

[@susysolis6132]

Merci beaucoup pour le conseil.

[@douglasalonso2440]

Parece que también la canto RAPHAEL

[@Fabsurf101]

It's one of the lovely tunes.

[@aubreymiles7841]

My heart melts the way Mr. Paul smiles 🥺❤️

[@MissLibertarian]

Blue, blue, my love is blue, blue is my love, now I'm without you.

[@Truth-Be-Told-USA]

I loved this in 1967 and I still love it in 2023!

[@patriciaschuster1371]

10th grade when this was popular...and my mom had just died. Beautiful, but forever mellow.

[@adamchaifetz5876]

Simply beautiful music with beautiful memories. I was 8 years old.

[@jimhill6586]

I have this 45 record. I have what I call vinyl days. I play old records from the 60s and 70s.

[@user-tz7wc5zq4e]

Amazing version of love is blue by Paul Mauriat. 👍👍👍👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰

[@rslitman]

If music videos had been a "thing" in 1968 (the Beatles were doing them but not many other artists were), I could imagine the official video for "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat looking something like this.

[@paulfrankmonkey7509]

This is like a fever dream. I love it!

[@MrUsermister]

Yes ... back when you could call it ENTERTAINMENT

[@Irene-qe5hu]

​@@MrUsermister well said !! Not like the cr** they put out now tuneless😂😂...tripe.!! 👏👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@bcgrittner8076]

Back in the mid-1960’s my father, now deceased, had a car stereo shop. I learned to appreciate quality music. I played every tape that came into our shop. As a result my musical interests are very diverse, as were the popular tunes of that period.

[@opencurtin]

Interesting changing industry to be in !

[@YY4Me133]

We listened to so many styles of music back then that I was flabbergasted when I discovered there are people who listen to only one type of music. They're missing out on so much.

[@sophialewis5474]

Oh the sheer unadulterated JOY. If he never wrote another... Transported❤

[@johngreen6783]

A soothing song that was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during a very turbulent time in our history - the Tet Offensive and King assassination

[@TheStuka41]

That February there was heavy fighting in Hue city.

[@victorpetroff830]

Don't forget Robert Kennedy was also killed

[@renesagahon4477]

That was a violent year. 1967 last year of innocence

[@CammieInOz]

My second favourite instrumental, my first being a Theme From A Summer Place by Percy Faith. Both beautiful, timeless classics.

[@Gaylel1]

This should be re-made on “Dancing With The Stars.” How cool would be that?

[@lonestarfriend]

I love the staging!

[@bobupen6476]

This song is on my Spotify now, and I listen to it for half an hour non stop, it's wonderful.

[@LayangLayangBenangPanjang]

Here I am writing a comment on September 1, 2023... Wanna say thank you for entertaining us, btw the dancers are so funny...

[@whitmanpuente5347]

Simply beautiful..

[@TheManDownstairs13]

If Paul Muriat had a greatest hits album, this song would be on it 12 times.

[@notinmyUSMC]

Head bobbers unite! This is the video for you.

[@palerider964]

The girls are beautiful!!❤

[@AntonioCosta-fu8qp]

👍🏼👍🏼👏👏👏👏👏...Love is Blue...March, 10th, 2024. From Brazil, I am 68yo...good times ..

[@joshuacrosby8176]

That grin = I can't believe they thought I was serious with this choreography