Blooming Hits

Blooming Hits
Blooming Hits
Studio album by Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra
Recorded	1967
Genre	Pop
Length	25:51
Label	Philips

Blooming Hits was a studio instrumental album by Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra. It was released in 1967 and spent five weeks at number one in 1968.^[1] It was certified as a Gold LP by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[2] The single "Love Is Blue" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968.^[3] The success of this song in the United States led to Philips Records requesting Mauriat's French label to complete an entire album.^[4] The completed album included instrumentals of hits such as the Beatles' "Penny Lane," Herman's Hermits' "There's a Kind of Hush," Frank and Nancy Sinatra's "Somethin' Stupid" and Sandie Shaw's 1967 Eurovision song contest winner "Puppet on a String."^[4] The album was briefly re-released by Collectors' Choice Music on CD, but is now out of print.

Track listing

^ "Billboard Chart History Paul Mauriat Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
^ "Paul Mauriat Soared to Fame With 'Love Is Blue' Recording". The Bridgeport Post. March 23, 1969. p. C-10. Retrieved 2021-02-13 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Billboard Chart History Paul Mauriat Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
^ ^a ^b Rosen, Craig (1996). Lukas, Paul (ed.). The Billboard Book of Number One Albums. Billboard Books. p. 100. ISBN 0823075869.