''En Direct de L'Olympia'' was the first album released by French singer

Mireille Mathieu Mireille Mathieu (; born 22 July 1946) is a French singer. She has recorded over 1200 songs in eleven languages, with more than 122 million records sold worldwide. Biography and career Early years Mireille Mathieu was born on 22 July 1946 in A ...

after her television amateur contest success in November 1965, and debut performance at the

Paris Olympia The Olympia (; commonly known as L'Olympia or in the English-speaking world as Olympia Hall) is a concert venue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France, located at 28 Boulevard des Capucines, equally distancing Madeleine church and Opéra ...

in December. The arrangements and musical direction for this album were provided by the orchestra leader and composer

Paul Mauriat Paul Julien André Mauriat ( or ; 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006) was a French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre. He is best known in the United States for his mill ...

. Together with songwriter

André Pascal André Pascal (1932–2001), born André Pascal Nicolas di Fusco in Marseille, was a French songwriter and composer. History As an adolescent he was already well versed in French poetry from François Villon to Alfred de Vigny. He could express ...

, they contributed ''Mon credo'', ''Pourquoi mon amour'' and ''Viens dans ma rue''. Singles, and EP's from this album appeared in

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format. These records made Mireille a huge star in France, and Europe, and also a big star in North America and Mexico. The beautiful Mireille Mathieu sings about a man named Jai O'Stevens, and the grey area between the notion of love the idea of fixation. All of the songs were in French, and thus limited its success in English speaking countries.

Track listing

Side one

#"Mon Credo" (

) – 2:48 #"Celui que j'aime" (

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...

) – 2:53 #"Est-ce que tu m'aimeras" (Jean-Loup Chauby, Bob du Pac) – 2:07 #"Pourquoi mon amour" (André Pascal, Paul Mauriat) – 2:35 #"Le funambule" (Jacques Plante) – 3:17 #"Et merci quand même" (Jacques Chaumelle, Bernard Kesslair) – 2:21

Side two

#"Viens dans ma rue" (André Pascal, Paul Mauriat) – 2:28 #"Un homme et une femme" ( Pierre Barouh, Francis Lai) – 2:53 #"Ne parlez plus" (Gilbert Guenet, Jean Setti) – 2:48 #"C'est ton nom" (

Françoise Dorin Françoise Dorin (23 January 1928 – 12 January 2018) was a French actor, comedian, novelist, playwright and songwriter. She was most successful in the 1970s, authored about 30 plays and more than 25 books as well as writing songs for various arti ...

, Francis Lai) – 2:19 #"Ils s'embrassaient" (Serge Lebrail, Guy Magenta) – 2:38 #"Qu'elle est belle" ( P. de la Noë, Richard Ahlert,

Eddie Snyder Edward Abraham Snyder (February 22, 1919 – March 10, 2011) was an American composer and songwriter. Snyder is credited with co-writing the English language lyrics and music for Frank Sinatra's 1966 hit, " Strangers in the Night". Snyder was bo ...

, Franck Gérald) – 2:34 {{Authority control 1966 debut albums Barclay (record label) albums French-language albums Mireille Mathieu albums Albums recorded at the Olympia (Paris)