Date - March 6, 1977
Official name - Grand Concours de la Chanson Française 1977
Organising broadcasters - TFI
Venue - Studios des Buttes Chaumont, Paris
Hosts - Évelyne Leclercq / Patrick Sébastien / Yves Lecoq
Director - Bernard Lion
Stage designer - Jean-Jacques Faury
Producer - Georges Autret
Musical director - François Rauber
Orchestra - freelance orchestra
Opening sequence - instrumental arrangement of 'Un, deux, trois' (Tony Rallo & Jean-Paul Cara / arr. François Rauber)
Interval act - none
Number of entries - 6 in final (14 songs in total)
Winning entry - 'L'oiseau et l'enfant' Marie Myriam
Winning songwriter - Jean-Paul Cara / Joe Gracy
Winning orchestrator - Raymond Donnez
Note - Semi-finals broadcast on February 20 and February 27, 1977, with seven songs competing in each for three places in the final.
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Chacun sa chanson d'amour"
Rendition – Pierre Charby
Lyrics – Jean Schmitt
Composition – Jean Claudric
Studio arrangement – Jean Claudric
Live orchestration – Jean Claudric
Conductor – Jean Claudric
Score semi-final 1 – 3rd place (4722 votes)
Score final – 5th place (3562 votes)
Song 2
Title – "La vie tu sais"
Rendition – Colin Verdier
Lyrics – Sophie Makhno / Colin Verdier
Composition – Sophie Makhno / Colin Verdier
Studio arrangement – Benoît Kaufman
Live orchestration – Benoît Kaufman
Conductor – Benoît Kaufman
Score semi-final 1 – 2nd place (4881 votes)
Score final – 4th place (4845 votes)
Song 3
Title – "L'oiseau et l'enfant"
Rendition – Marie Myriam
Lyrics – Joe Gracy
Composition – Jean-Paul Cara
Studio arrangement – Raymond Donnez
Live orchestration – Raymond Donnez
Conductor – Raymond Donnez
Score semi-final 2 – 1st place (7164 votes)
Score final – 1st place (10178 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Du côté de l'enfance"
Rendition – Delfine
Lyrics – Michel Jourdan
Composition – Tony Rallo
Studio arrangement – Tony Rallo
Live orchestration – Tony Rallo
Conductor – Tony Rallo
Score semi-final 1 – 1st place (5511 votes)
Score final – 3rd place (6066 votes)
Song 5
Title – "Je suis comme elle"
Rendition – Monique Pianéa
Lyrics – Daniel Tardieu
Composition – Bernard Sauvat
Studio arrangement – Claude Vallois
Live orchestration – Claude Vallois
Conductor – Claude Vallois
Score semi-final 2 – 2nd place (5001 votes)
Score final – 6th place (2740 votes)
Song 6
Title – "La poupée"
Rendition – Corinne Colbert
Lyrics – Jean-Pierre Lang
Composition – Roland Vincent
Studio arrangement – Roland Vincent
Live orchestration – Roland Vincent
Conductor – Roland Vincent
Score semi-final 2 – 3rd place (4879 votes)
Score final – 2nd place (7565 votes)
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 1)
Eliminated song 1
Title – "Le centre du monde"
Rendition – Gilles Marchal
Lyrics – Yves Dessca
Composition – Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
Studio arrangement – Jean Musy
Live orchestration – Jean Musy
Conductor – Jean Musy
Score semi-final 1 – 4th place (4213 votes)
Eliminated song 2
Title – "Pour oublier Barbara"
Rendition – Joël Prévost
Lyrics – Jean-Luc Morel
Composition – Jacques Datin
Studio arrangement – Jean Musy
Live orchestration – Jean Musy
Conductor – Jean Musy
Score semi-final 1 – 6th place (3918 votes)
Eliminated song 3
Title – "Vis ta vie"
Rendition – Patricia Lavila
Lyrics – Alain Lacaux
Composition – Henry Bratter
Studio arrangement – Jean Musy
Live orchestration – Jean Musy
Conductor – Jean Musy
Score semi-final 1 – 7th place (3810 votes)
Eliminated song 4
Title – "Il faut partir"
Rendition – Maxime Piolot
Lyrics – Maxime Piolot
Composition – Patrick Lemaître
Studio arrangement – unknown (possibly Raymond Donnez)
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 1 – 5th place (4036 votes)
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL 2)
Eliminated song 5
Title – "Dans les nuages"
Rendition – Elisabeth Jérôme
Lyrics – Charles Level
Composition – Jean-Pierre Sabar
Studio arrangement – Jean-Pierre Sabar
Live orchestration – Jean-Pierre Sabar
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – 7th place (3293 votes)
Eliminated song 6
Title – "Un enfant peut-être"
Rendition – Millie
Lyrics – Michel Jourdan
Composition – Claude Vasori "Caravelli" / Romuald Figuier
Studio arrangement – Karl-Heinz Schäfer
Live orchestration – Karl-Heinz Schäfer
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 2 – 5th place (4332 votes)
Eliminated song 7
Title – "Dites-moi"
Rendition – Primevère
Lyrics – Marie-Ange Oget
Composition – Frédéric Mercier
Studio arrangement – Frédéric Mercier / John Fiddy
Live orchestration – Frédéric Mercier / John Fiddy
Conductor – François Rauber
Score semi-final 2 – 4th place (4489 votes)
Eliminated song 8
Title – "Le cerf-volant"
Rendition – Arlène
Lyrics – Patricia Carli
Composition – Eddy Marnay
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – unknown
Conductor – unknown
Score semi-final 2 – 6th place (3960 votes)
