Thierry Mutin is a French singer of classical music and songwriter (born in Rochechouart

Rochechouart

Rochechouart is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department....

, Haute-Vienne), famous for his 1988 hit single "Sketch of Love".

Biography

In 1984, Thierry Mutin released the single "Milliardaire comme personne". In 1988, he recorded in English-language the song "Sketch of Love", based on the suite

Suite

In music, a suite is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed in a concert setting rather than as accompaniment; they may be extracts from an opera, ballet , or incidental music to a play or film , or they may be entirely original movements .In the...

 n°11 (sarabande

Sarabande

In music, the sarabande is a dance in triple metre. The second and third beats of each measure are often tied, giving the dance a distinctive rhythm of quarter notes and eighth notes in alternation...

) of Georg Friedrich Haendel, which achieved success in France (#3 on the SNEP Singles Chart, Gold disc). In 1989, he participated in the charity single "Pour toi Arménie

Pour toi Arménie

"Pour toi Arménie" is a 1989 song written and composed by Charles Aznavour, and recorded by a group of French singers who were popular at the time. This charity single was intended to raise funds to help the Armenians who lived a terrible earthquake on December 7, 1988...

", lead by Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...

. He published the albums Talisman in 1990, whose music was composed by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, and Chants du Monde Nouveau in 1995. He also wrote some songs for Jean-Jacques Lafon.