A Portrait of French Café Songs

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Tracklist

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1Boum !
vocals:
Charles Trenet (on 1938-09-30)
orchestra:
Wal-Berg et son orchestre (on 1938-09-30)
conductor:
Wal-Berg (on 1938-09-30)
recording of:
Boum ! (on 1938-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Trenet (in 1938)
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton
Charles Trenet32:36
2Mon légionnaire
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1937-01-28)
orchestra:
Orchestre Emile Stern (on 1937-01-28)
recording of:
Mon légionnaire (on 1937-01-28)
lyricist:
Raymond Asso
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
Édith Piaf3:52
3Quand on s’promène au bord de l’eau
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-09-15)
accordion:
Adolphe Deprince (Belgo-French accordeonnist) (on 1936-09-15)
vocals:
Jean Gabin (French 1930-70s actor & singer) (on 1936-09-15)
orchestra:
Orchestre Musette Pierrot (on 1936-09-15)
recording of:
Quand on s’promène au bord de l’eau (du film "La Belle Équipe") (on 1936-09-15)
lyricist:
Julien Duvivier and Louis Poterat
composer:
Jean Sautreuil and Maurice Yvain
Jean Gabin3:21
4Félicie aussi
vocals:
Fernandel (French actor and singer) (on 1939-04-18)
conductor:
Pierre Chagnon (composer, pianist and conductor) (on 1939-04-18)
recording of:
Félicie aussi (on 1939-04-18)
lyricist:
Charles-Louis Pothier and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Casimir Oberfeld
Fernandel2:42
5Paris sera toujours Paris
vocals:
Maurice Chevalier (in 1939)
orchestra:
L'Orchestre Marcel Cariven (in 1939)
conductor:
Marcel Cariven (in 1939)
recording of:
Paris sera toujours Paris (in 1939)
lyricist:
Albert Willemetz
composer:
Casimir Oberfeld
Maurice Chevalier3:16
6Qu’est ce qu’on attend pour être heureux ?
recording of:
Qu’est‐ce qu’on attend pour être heureux ? (in 1939)
lyricist:
André Hornez
composer:
Paul Misraki
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music France
Ray Ventura3:08
7Y’a d’la joie
recording engineer:
Georges Cailly
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1938-01-18)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Chaillou (drummer) (on 1938-01-18)
guitar:
Roger Chaput (guitarist) (on 1938-01-18)
piano:
Michel Emer (on 1938-01-18)
vocals:
Charles Trenet (on 1938-01-18)
arranger:
Michel Emer
recorded at:
Studio Albert in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1938-01-18)
recording of:
Y’a d’la joie (on 1938-01-18)
lyricist:
Charles Trenet (in 1937)
composer:
Michel Emer (in 1937) and Charles Trenet (in 1937)
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton (in 1937)
Charles Trenet2:33
8Tchi-tchi
vocals:
Tino Rossi (in 1936)
recording of:
Tchi-Tchi (O Catarinetta Bella)
lyricist:
Émile Audiffred (French singer, librettist, lyricist), Géo Koger (composer, author) and Amédée Pujol (Lyricist)
composer:
Vincent Scotto
Tino Rossi2:47
9Les Roses blanches
vocals:
Berthe Sylva (in 1937)
recording of:
Les Roses blanches (in 1937)
lyricist:
Charles-Louis Pothier
composer:
Léon Raiter
publisher:
Meridian (publisher)
Berthe Sylva3:31
10Escale
vocals:
Suzy Solidor (on 1938-11-28)
conductor:
Georges Briez (conductor) (on 1938-11-28)
recording of:
Escale (on 1938-11-28)
lyricist:
Jean Marèze (lyricist)
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
Suzy Solidor2:51
11Comme de bien entendu
vocals:
Albert Préjean (French actor)
recording of:
Comme de bien entendu (du film “Circonstances atténuantes”) (in 1939)
lyricist:
Jean Boyer (film director and songwriter) (in 1939)
composer:
Georges van Parys (composer) (in 1939)
Albert Préjean3:00
12Cane… Cane… Canebière
vocals:
Alibert (on 1935-09-10)
orchestra:
Le Jazz Marseillais (on 1935-09-10)
conductor:
Georges Sellers
recording of:
Cane… Cane… Canebière (de l’opérette « Un de la Canebière ») (on 1935-09-10)
lyricist:
René Sarvil
composer:
Vincent Scotto
librettist:
Alibert
part of:
Un de la Canebière (operetta)
Alibert2:35
13Je cherche un millionaire
vocals:
Mistinguett (in 1938, on 1938-01-19) and Léo Kok (Dutch pianist and composer) (on 1938-01-19)
orchestra:
Orchestre Marcel Pagnoul (on 1938-01-19)
conductor:
Marcel Pagnoul (conductor) (in 1938)
recording of:
Je cherche un millionaire (on 1938-01-19)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
translator:
Léopold de Lima and Marcel Cabridens (French writer and lyricist)
translated version of:
I’m Feelin’ Like a Million (film "Broadway Melody of 1938")
Mistinguett3:09
14Ma pomme
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-10-20)
vocals:
Maurice Chevalier (on 1936-10-20)
conductor:
Roger Désormière (conductor) (on 1936-10-20)
recording of:
Ma pomme (Maurice Chevalier song) (on 1936-10-20)
lyricist:
Georges Fronsac and Lucien Rigot
composer:
Charles Borel-Clerc
Maurice Chevalier2:57
15Johnny Palmer
cover recording of:
Johnny Palmer
lyricist:
Christian Vebel
composer:
Claude Pingault
Annette Lajon3:27
16Je suis swing
vocals:
Johnny Hess (in 1938, on 1938-11-16) and Charles Trenet (in 1938)
orchestra:
Orchestre Serge Glykson (on 1938-11-16)
conductor:
Serge Glyckson (in 1938)
recording of:
Je suis swing (on 1938-11-16)
lyricist:
André Hornez
composer:
Laurent Hess
publisher:
Tutti Intersong Éditions musicales and Warner Chappell Music France
recording of:
Je suis swing (in 1938)
lyricist:
André Hornez
composer:
Laurent Hess
publisher:
Tutti Intersong Éditions musicales and Warner Chappell Music France
Johnny Hess2:33
17Le Vagabond
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Claude Normand
recording of:
Le Vagabond (Édith Piaf song) (in 1942)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi)
Édith Piaf3:26
18Le Chant du guardian
vocals:
Tino Rossi
recording of:
Le Chant du gardian
orchestrator:
Paul Bonneau
writer:
Jean Féline
composer:
Louis Gasté
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (see annotation)
Tino Rossi3:20
19La Môme Caoutchouc
vocals:
Jean Gabin (French 1930-70s actor & singer)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
La Môme caoutchouc (du film "Cœur de Lilas") (in 1932-02)
lyricist:
Serge Veber (French screenwriter and film director, lyricist)
composer:
Maurice Yvain
Jean Gabin2:48
20Mon amant de Saint-Jean
vocals:
Lucienne Delyle (on 1942-07-07)
conductor:
Jacques Météhen (a.k.a. "Jack" Metehen, John Ellsworth) (on 1942-07-07)
recording of:
Mon amant de Saint‐Jean (on 1942-07-07)
lyricist:
Léon Agel
composer:
Émile Carrara
Lucienne Delyle53:08
21Le Fils de la femme poisson
recording engineer:
Georges Cailly
vocals:
Fréhel (on 1936-04-17)
orchestra:
Orchestre Pierre Chagnon (on 1936-04-17)
recorded at:
Studio Albert in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-04-17)
recording of:
Le Fils de la femme-poisson (on 1936-04-17)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Trenet (in 1935)
Fréhel3:11
22Confessin’
vocals:
Joséphine Baker (on 1931-06-30)
orchestra:
Orchestre Mélodic Jazz du Casino de Paris (on 1931-06-30)
conductor:
Edmond Mahieux (french conductor and composer) (on 1931-06-30)
recording of:
I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) (on 1931-06-30)
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) (in 1930)
composer:
Doc Daugherty (in 1930) and Ellis Reynolds (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd.
version of:
Lookin’ for Another Sweetie
Joséphine Baker2:48
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liner notes:John Martland
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Music Collection International (not for release label use; for copyrights use, usually shortened to "Music Collection Int.") (in 1997)
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