" Mon Homme " ( French pronunciation: [mɔ̃n‿ɔm] ), also known by its English translation, " My Man ", is a popular song first published in 1920. The song was originally composed by Maurice Yvain with French lyrics by Jacques-Charles (Jacques Mardochée Charles) and Albert Willemetz . The English lyrics were written by Channing Pollock .
10-419: "Mon Homme" was copyrighted in France by Maurice Yvain , Albert Willemetz and Jacques-Charles (Jacques Mardochée Charles) in 1920 and was introduced to Parisian audiences in the revue Paris qui Jazz at the Casino de Paris . The song was performed by revue star Mistinguett and her stage partner American dancer Harry Pilcer . Although the song originated in France –where it was a hit for Mistinguett – it
20-520: A thinly veiled biography of Fanny Brice . The ballad version recorded by Brice was modified by Billie Holiday , who introduced a jazz / blues recording of "My Man" in 1937. Holiday's version was also successful, although the song continued to be associated with Brice. Over the years, other artists from both the United States and abroad covered the song, though none of the artists achieved as much success as Brice and Holiday. Holiday's version of
30-754: The Conservatoire de Paris where he was a pupil of Louis Diemer and Xavier Leroux . An excellent pianist, he first played as an accompanying pianist at the Casino d'Évian. He went on to play with the orchestra at the Casino de Monte Carlo and in the Parisien Cabaret des Quat'z'Arts . After military service from 1912 to 1919, he returned to Paris where he started to compose songs for light music, operettas, musicals, for films such as Vincent Scotto and Henri Christiné . One of his early successes
40-528: The Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens . His pieces are characterized by rhythmic precision, imagination and flexibility of musical phrases. A. Willemetz, Jacques-Charles, H. Varna and H. Heanson were his lyricists and librettists. Occasionally he also wrote the lyrics. In the 1930s, his operettas were almost immediately translated and performed in Germany, Hungary and Austria as well as on Broadway where Ta Bouche
50-573: The 1920s, he began to compose operettas, 18 in all; his satirical “Ta Bouche” (Your Mouth, 1922) of 1922 was a particular success. The sequels which followed were the "Pas sur la Bouche" (Not on the Mouth, 1925) and the "Bouche a Bouche" (Mouth to Mouth, 1925) and both further established the musical virtuosity of Yvain; the former song rendered by Regine Flory made her also a celebrity. Thereafter, he also wrote great sentimental operettas such as "Chanson gitane" ("Gypsy Song"), many of which were performed at
60-529: The famous Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway . He also composed music for several films of notable directors such as Anatole Litvak , Julien Duvivier , and Henri-Georges Clouzot . Yvain's music blended with the then "spirit of Paris". Maurice Yvain was born in 1891 into a musical family in Paris. He was educated by his father, who played the trumpet in the Orchestre de l' Opéra-Comique . From 1903, he studied at
70-534: The song was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018. Maurice Yvain Maurice Yvain (12 February 1891 – 27 July 1965) was a French composer noted for his operettas of the 1920s and 1930s. Some of which were written for Mistinguett , at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. In the 1930s and 1940s, he became a major success in the United States and several of his pieces appeared in
80-446: Was "Dansez-vous le foxtrot" in 1919. Maurice Chevalier , whom he had met in the army, introduced him to Albert Willemetz and to the popular Mistinguett who sang one of his best-known songs "Mon Homme" (" My Man ") (1920). In 1968, it was sung by Barbra Streisand in the film Funny Girl . He composed several other pieces for Mistinguett, including "En douce" (1920), "La Java" (1922), "J'en ai marre" (1922) and "La Belote" (1925). In
90-480: Was popularized in the English-speaking world in the 1920s with the 1921 recording by Ziegfeld Follies singer Fanny Brice . The song was a hit, and the record eventually earned a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for Brice in 1999. Brice also sang the song during one of the sound sequences of the part-talkie film My Man (1928). Alice Faye sang it in the musical film Rose of Washington Square (1939),
100-615: Was presented over a hundred times. Thanks to his success in the United States, several of his pieces appeared in the famous Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway . His "Mon Homme" featured in the 1936 MGM Academy Award -winning film The Great Ziegfeld . He composed music for several films of notable directors such as Anatole Litvak , Julien Duvivier and Henri-Georges Clouzot . Yvain died in 1965 in Suresnes , near Paris. Maurice Yvain's "Catalog of Works" consisted of 25 soundtracks, 21 titles as composer, one title of Indochine (composer of
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