André Popp

André Charles Jean Popp (19 February 1924 – 10 May 2014) was a French composer, arranger and screenwriter.

Popp was born into a family of German-Dutch background, in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée (Catinchi 2014). He started his career as a church organist, filling the place of his father who had been called up to serve in World War II in 1939. Popp studied music at the Saint Joseph Institute. In the 1960s, he co-wrote (with Pierre Cour) at least three songs for the Eurovision Song Contest—"Tom Pillibi", which won the competition for France when it was sung by 18-year-old newcomer Jacqueline Boyer in 1960 (Catinchi 2014), "Le chant de Mallory", the 1964 French entry, performed by another newcomer, Rachel (Anon. 1964), and "L'amour est bleu" (Love is Blue) which came fourth for Luxembourg in 1967, but which later became a number-one hit instrumental in the US for Paul Mauriat. During this time he was the arranger for many top French singers such as Juliette Greco. He worked for many years for French radio.

Popp is the composer of Piccolo, Saxo et Compagnie, to a text by Jean Broussolle (), a musical tale for children intended as a guide to the instruments of the orchestra and the rudiments of harmony (Catinchi 2014).

In 1957, Popp released Delirium in Hi-Fi (originally titled Elsa Popping et sa musique sidérante), a collaboration with Pierre Fatosme, an experiment in the recording techniques of the time.

André Popp has been an inspiration for newer French composers such as Fred Pallem.

Popp is the author of the pop song "Manchester et Liverpool ()" sung by Marie Laforêt. Its melody gained fame in the former Soviet Union as the background music to the Vremya television news programme's weather forecast since the early 1970s.

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