Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 47.
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 10
From: Charles Spira
Length: 00:27:09
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Brigitte Bardot, the sex symbol of the 50's and 60's is also a singer. She is retired but Charles Aznavour, by quite a few years her senior, still performs with great vigor. They are two out of six artists in this episode. We bring a wonderful mix of personalities and musical styles and tell you about them in English. When you'll hear the songs interpreted in French, you will be delighted.
Content:
Charles Aznavour, (France), Les Jours
Brigitte Bardot, (France), Une Histoire de Plage
Faudle, (France), Mon Pays
Zaza Fournier, (France), Mon Frere
Olivier Gann, (France), Tout le Reste
Vanessa Paradis, (France), Il y A
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Piece Description
Brigitte Bardot, the sex symbol of the 50's and 60's is also a singer. She is retired but Charles Aznavour, by quite a few years her senior, still performs with great vigor. They are two out of six artists in this episode. We bring a wonderful mix of personalities and musical styles and tell you about them in English. When you'll hear the songs interpreted in French, you will be delighted.
Content:
Charles Aznavour, (France), Les Jours
Brigitte Bardot, (France), Une Histoire de Plage
Faudle, (France), Mon Pays
Zaza Fournier, (France), Mon Frere
Olivier Gann, (France), Tout le Reste
Vanessa Paradis, (France), Il y A
Transcript
Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 47
Play Track 01 from 1:12 to 1:41 ? “Les Jours”.
Start text segment 1 ? Welcome to “Bonjour Chanson”. We bring you French Popular Music with an English narrative. You will get to know the artists and their music and they may grow on you. You heard an excerpt from the song “The Days” by Charles Aznavour. In September 2011 we attended a concert by him at the Olympia music-hall in Paris. We’ll tell you about that wonderful event and we’ll play the entire song at the end of the show.
Our first artist, Brigitte Bardot, was the French sex symbol of the fifties and sixties. She lit up the movie screens of Europe and beyond with her beauty. She was liberated, provocative and sometimes shameless, in a society that was still very conservative. She stopped performing in 1973 before her 40th birthday and has dedicated herself fulltime to the cause of ani...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Jours | Charles Aznavour | Toujours. | EMI | 2011 | 03:32 |
| Une Histoire de Plage | Brigitte Bardot | Master Serie Brigitte Bardot. | Mercury Records | 2007 | 01:52 |
| Mon Pays | Faudel | Mundial Corrida. | Mercury Records | 207 | 03:45 |
| Mon Frere | Zaza Fournier | Regarde Moi. | Warner | 2011 | 03:51 |
| Tout le Reste | Olivier Gann | a l'ouest. | Musikalouest | 2007 | 03:06 |
| Il y a | Vanessa Paradis | Best of Vanessa Paradis. | Barclay | 2010 | 02:40 |
Additional Credits
We thank the Management of WYPR for their hospitality.
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