Mega Chansons Françaises

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1▶CD: Les Légendes
2▶CD: Les grands succès
3▶CD: Les Incontournables
4▼CD: Les Eternels
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1Mon manége à moi
vocals:
Noël Glanzberg and Édith Piaf (in 1958, on 1958-03-27)
conductor:
Noël Glanzberg (on 1958-03-27)
recorded at:
L’Olympia in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1958, on 1958-03-27)
live recording of:
Mon manège à moi (Tu me fais tourner la tête) (on 1958-03-27)
lyricist:
Jean Constantin
composer:
Norbert Glanzberg
publisher:
Meridian (publisher)
live recording of:
Mon manège à moi (Tu me fais tourner la tête) (in 1958)
lyricist:
Jean Constantin
composer:
Norbert Glanzberg
publisher:
Meridian (publisher)
recording of:
Mon manège à moi (Tu me fais tourner la tête)
lyricist:
Jean Constantin
composer:
Norbert Glanzberg
publisher:
Meridian (publisher)
Édith Piaf3:00
2La Mer
vocals:
Charles Trenet (on 1946-03-19)
conductor:
Albert Lasry (French pianist, orchestra leader and composer) (on 1946-03-19)
recording of:
La Mer (on 1946-03-19)
lyricist:
Charles Trenet (in 1945)
composer:
Albert Lasry (French pianist, orchestra leader and composer) (in 1945) and Charles Trenet (in 1945)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Charles Trenet3:19
3Le Déserteur
vocals:
Boris Vian (on 1955-04-27)
conductor:
Jimmy Walter (on 1955-04-27)
recording of:
Le Déserteur (on 1955-04-27)
lyricist:
Boris Vian (from 1954-01 until 1954-02-14)
composer:
Harold Berg (from 1954-01 until 1954-02-14) and Boris Vian (from 1954-01 until 1954-02-14)
publisher:
Connelly Musikverlag, Leeds Music and Montana (German publisher/label)
Boris Vian3:32
4Ne me quitte pas
ondes Martenot:
Sylvette Allart (French ondist (official ondist for Jacques Brel)) (on 1959-09-11)
piano:
Gérard Jouannest (French musician & songwriter) (on 1959-09-11)
vocals:
Jacques Brel (on 1959-09-11)
orchestra:
François Rauber and his orchestra (on 1959-09-11)
conductor:
François Rauber (on 1959-09-11)
recording of:
Ne me quitte pas (original French version) (on 1959-09-11)
lyricist and composer:
Jacques Brel
publisher:
Éditions Jacques Brel, Pouchenel Éditions Musicales and Warner Chappell Music France
Jacques Brel53:50
5Ma môme
recording of:
Ma môme
lyricist:
Pierre Frachet (lyricist)
composer:
Jean Ferrat (French singer-songwriter & poet)
Jean Ferrat1:59
6Bleu, blanc, blond
vocals:
Marcel Amont (in 1959)
orchestra:
Claude Romat et son ensemble (in 1959)
recording of:
Bleu, blanc, blond (in 1959)
lyricist:
Jean Dréjac
composer:
Hal Greene and Wols (Richard William Wolfe)
version of:
True True Happiness
Marcel Amont2:37
7Ah ! Dis donc, dis donc
vocals:
Colette Renard
recording of:
Ah ! dis donc (de la comédie musicale « Irma, la douce ») (in 1956)
lyricist:
Alexandre Breffort
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
part of:
Irma, la douce (Operetta)
Colette Renard2:01
8Les Feuilles mortes
vocals:
Juliette Gréco (French singer and actress) (on 1951-05-11)
orchestra:
André Grassi et son orchestre (on 1951-05-11)
conductor:
André Grassi (on 1951-05-11)
recording of:
Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) (on 1951-05-11)
lyricist:
Jacques Prévert (in 1946)
composer:
Joseph Kosma (composer) (in 1946)
Juliette Gréco2:57
9Tout doux, tout doucement
vocals:
Marcel Amont
recording of:
Tout doux, tout doucement (in 1959)
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë and Frank Gérald (French lyricist, composer)
composer:
Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis and Gary Troxel
version of:
Come Softly to Me
Marcel Amont2:34
10Mon pote le gitan
piano:
Barbara (French female singer) (in 1955-02)
vocals:
Barbara (French female singer) (in 1955-02)
orchestra:
Jacques Say et son ensemble (Jack Say and his Orchestra) (in 1955-02)
conductor:
Jacques Say (in 1955-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor) (in 2010)
recorded at:
Studio Fonior-Decca (aka Decca Studios, Brussels) in Bruxelles-Ville / Stad Brussel, Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region), Belgium (in 1955-02)
cover recording of:
Mon pot’ le gitan (in 1955-02)
lyricist:
Jacques Verrières
composer:
Marc Heyral (aka Marius Herschkovitch)
dedicated to:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Semi Société (SEMI Société), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
recording of:
Mon pot’ le gitan
lyricist:
Jacques Verrières
composer:
Marc Heyral (aka Marius Herschkovitch)
dedicated to:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Semi Société (SEMI Société), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Barbara2:48
11Scoubidou
recording of:
Scoubidou (pommes et poires) (Apples, Peaches and Cherries)
lyricist:
Maurice Tézé (lyricist)
composer:
Lewis Allan
version of:
Apples, Peaches and Cherries
Sacha Distel3:00
12Salade de fruits
vocals:
Bourvil (French actor, humorist & singer) (in 1959)
conductor:
Jerry Mengo (in 1959)
recording of:
Salade de fruits (in 1959)
lyricist:
Noël Roux (French songwriter)
composer:
Armand Canfora (French composer) and Noël Roux (French songwriter)
Bourvil3:17
13Paris mes amours
vocals:
Joséphine Baker
recording of:
Paris, mes amours (in 1935)
lyricist:
André Hornez
composer:
Henri Betti (songwriter and pianist) and Bruno Coquatrix
Joséphine Baker2:29
14Serge et Nathalie
vocals:
Claude Nougaro (in 1958)
orchestra:
Orchestre Jimmy Walter (in 1958)
conductor:
Jimmy Walter (in 1958)
recording of:
Serge et Nathalie (in 1958)
lyricist:
Claude Nougaro
composer:
Michel Legrand
Claude Nougaro3:27
15L’Absent
vocals:
Gilbert Bécaud (in 1960)
conductor:
Raymond Bernard (in 1960)
recording of:
L'Absent (in 1960)
lyricist:
Louis Amade
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
Gilbert Bécaud3:23
16Quand c’est fini ça recommence
vocals:
Léo Ferré (on 1960-11-16)
conductor:
Jean‐Michel Defaye (French composer, conductor and pianist) (on 1960-11-16)
arranger:
Jean‐Michel Defaye (French composer, conductor and pianist)
recorded at:
Studio Hoche (Barclay) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1960-11-16)
recording of:
Quand c’est fini ça recommence (on 1960-11-16)
lyricist:
René Rouzaud (lyricist)
composer:
Léo Ferré
Léo Ferré2:17
17Milord
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1959-06-05)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1959-06-05)
recording of:
Milord (on 1959-06-05)
lyricist:
Georges Moustaki
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
publisher:
Éditions Salabert
Édith Piaf44:29
18Les Deux Guitares
vocals:
Charles Aznavour
orchestra:
Paul Mauriat et son orchestre (Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra, Paul Mauriat’s 1959–1964 orchestra)
orchestrator:
Paul Mauriat
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Barclay (in 2013)
recording of:
Les Deux Guitares (in 1960)
lyricist:
Аполлон Григорьев
composer:
Иван Васильев (Ivan Vasiliev, XIX century Russian Roma conductor and composer)
translator:
Charles Aznavour
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton and Pompidou Music
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
translated version of:
Две гитары (Two Guitars)
Charles Aznavour43:48
19La Vie en rose
vocals:
Yves Montand
cover recording of:
La Vie en rose (French original)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi) and Édith Piaf
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
recording of:
La Vie en rose (French original)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi) and Édith Piaf
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Yves Montand33:17
20Bambino
vocals:
Dalida (Egyptian-Italian singer and actress) (in 1956)
orchestra:
Orchestre Raymond Lefèvre (Raymond Lefevre and His Orchestra, smaller formation than the "grand orchestre") (in 1956)
recording of:
Bambino (in 1956)
lyricist:
Nicola Salerno (Italian lyricist Nicola Salerno)
composer:
Giuseppe Fanciulli
translator:
Jacques Larue (French lyricist) (in 1956)
translated version of:
Guaglione
Dalida43:34

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part of:Méga Chansons … (Wagram 4CD compilations) (order: 7)