Initially a performer, Eddy Marnay spent time with Stéphane Golman, Léo Ferré and Francis Lemarque. But success came as a lyricist. In 1948, his song "Les Amants de Paris" (music by Léo Ferré) was performed by Édith Piaf. A prestigious career followed, with the collaboration of the best musicians of the time: Emil Stern, Michel Legrand, Henri Salvador, Michel Magne, Philippe Gérard, André Popp and Marc Heyral. His performers were also up to the task: Patachou ("Java, qu'est-ce que tu fais là?"), Marie Laforêt ("Mon amour mon ami"), Yves Montand ("Planter café"), Mireille Mathieu ("Mille Colombes"), Claude François ("Il fait beau, il fait bon"), Michel Legrand ("la Valse des lilas") and Bourvil ("la Ballade irlandaise"), to name but a few. He also wrote the French versions of "Que sera, sera", "Exodus", "Coucouroucoucou Paloma" and "The Girl From Ipanema". He won the Eurovision Grand Prix in 1969 for "Un jour, une enfant", sung by Frida Boccara. In 1982, at the Tokyo Festival, he won a Grand Prix for "Tellement d'amour pour toi", sung by (the very young) Céline Dion. A monument of French chanson.