“Le Lac Majeur” is a French-language song by American singer-songwriter Mort Shuman, released in 1972. Written by Shuman and Italian songwriter Vito Pallavicini, the song became one of Shuman’s most iconic hits in France and other Francophone countries, blending poetic lyrics with a melodic, orchestral arrangement. Background Mort Shuman, originally known for writing hits in English (often in collaboration with Doc Pomus), moved to France in the late 1960s and reinvented himself as a performer of French chansons.

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