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Maurice Vidalin

real name Maurice Alfred Marie Vidalin

Maurice Vidalin is credited on 2,906 releases across 741 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,906

Credits

741

Albums

8

Decades active

126

In collections

Biography

French author and songwriter born in Paris 18 April 1924 and died in Rueil-Malmaison 10 October 1986. He often wrote lyrics for music composed by Jacques Datin. In 1954, one of their early works was written for Juliette Gréco. From 1957, their association resulted in such successful songs as "Zon zon" interpreted by Colette Renard and Michèle Arnaud (1957), "Julie" by Marcel Amont (1957), and "Les Boutons dorés" written for Jean-Jacques Debout and covered by Barbara in 1959.
Many interpreters have used his lyrics, such as Gilbert Bécaud, Michel Fugain, France Gall, Françoise Hardy (Le Temps des souvenirs), Gérard Lenorman, and Mireille Mathieu (Paris en colère).

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Credited work

2,906 releases · 741 albums · active 1954–2025

  • Performance · 4,041
  • Other credits · 113

Studios: L'Olympia · Studio Des Dames · Chapell Studio · Studio Davout

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