Louiguy (contributor)
Louis Guglielmi, known professionally as Louiguy, was a French composer of
Italian origin born on April 3, 1916, in Barcelona, Spain. He studied piano and
harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris and became a pianist-accompanist for Édith
Piaf, composing hit songs like “Le Vagabond” (1941), “Ça sent si bon la France”
(1942), and “La Vie en rose” (1945). He collaborated with lyricists Jacques
Larue and Jacques Plante on popular chansons such as “Marjolaine” (1944) and
“Cerisier rose et pommier blanc” (1950). Guglielmi also composed music for
films, notably working with Sacha Guitry o...
