“Ballade pour Adeline” (French for “Ballad for Adeline”) is a 1976 instrumental composed by Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint. Paul de Senneville composed the piece as a tribute to his newborn daughter, Adeline.^[1] The first recording was^[when?] by Richard Clayderman and world-wide sales now have reached 22 million copies in 38 countries.^[2]It remains Clayderman’s signature hit.

The French trumpeter Jean-Claude Borelly recorded his version in the early 1980s, which used the same instrumental backing track as the original recording.

Richard Clayderman performed a duet of the track with guitarist Francis Goya in 1999, and it was released on their studio album, Together. Again this recording used the original backing track.

A new version of this piece was released on the Richard Clayderman studio album A Thousand Winds in 2007 to celebrate 30 years since the original release of “Ballade Pour Adeline”. Clayderman was accompanied by a new string arrangement by Olivier Toussaint.