Mon Ami Pierrot

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon Ami Pierrot
Eurovision Song Contest 1959 entry
Country	Monaco
Artist(s)	René Jacques Ducos
As	Jacques Pills
Language	French
Composer(s)	Florence Veran
Lyricist(s)	Raymond Bravard
Place	11th
Points	1
Lyrics	from Diggiloo Thrush

Mon Ami Pierrot (English translation: "My Friend Pierrot") was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, performed in French by Jacques Pills. This was Monaco's debut entry in the Contest.

The song is in the chanson style popular in the early years of the Contest, with Pills singing about the fleeting fame of his friend Pierrot, whom he asks to join him and "sing about your loves and your grief" after his fame is over.

The song was performed fourth on the night (following Italy's Domenico Modugno with Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) and preceding the Netherlands' Teddy Scholten with 'N Beetje). At the close of voting, it had received 1 point, placing 11th (last) in a field of 11.

It was succeeded as Monegasque representative at the 1960 Contest by François Deguelt with Ce Soir-Là.

Pills' daughter, Jacqueline Boyer, would go on to win the 1960 Contest, representing France with Tom Pillibi. This performance, therefore, marks the first and (to date) only occasion on which two generations of the same family have appeared at the Contest - for the same or different countries.