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Edmond Bacri known by the professional name Eddy Marnay (Algiers, 18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. He was joint winner, as lyricist, of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 for "Un Jour, Un Enfant", sung by Frida Boccara.[1] He also wrote the title song for Charlie Chaplin's 1957 film A King in New York.

Eddy Marnay
Background information
Born	18 December 1920 Algiers, Algeria
Origin	French Algeria
Died	3 January 2003 (aged 82) Paris, France
Genres	Various
Occupations	Songwriter, singer
Years active	1940s–2003

Céline Dion named one of her twin sons after him in 2010,[2] as Marnay produced and helped write Dion's first five records.[3]

References

Further reading

• "Eddy Marnay, 82; French Lyricist Also Wrote for Celine Dion". Los Angeles Times. 2003-01-06. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
• "Eddy Marnay, 82, Songwriter for Pop Stars". The New York Times. 2003-01-06. Retrieved 2008-12-03.

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Eddy Marnay (* 18. Dezember 1920 in Algier, Algerien als Edmond David Bacri; † 3. Januar 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Département Hauts-de-Seine, Frankreich)[1] war ein französischer Songwriter, Texter und Komponist algerischer Herkunft. Er gewann mit Un Jour, Un Enfant 1969 den Eurovision Song Contest.

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