[78-L] Eurovision on 78

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Swiss singer-songwriter Pierre Dudan claimed that Modugno stole 
"Volare" from him.

Anyway, I think it's was a good song -- covered by Ella Fitzgerald.

The Claveau song must exist on a Canadian Pathé 78.

BC
Le 30 avr. 09, à 00:02, Kristjan Saag a écrit :

>
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Some of the worst songs ever composed are here.
> ---
> True.
> But the song contest wasn't as bad in the late 50's and early 60's as 
> it is
> today. Remember that the contest developed out of the Italian San Remo
> contest, which, in turn continues the good tradition of songwriting 
> from
> Naples (Neapolitan song).
> Modugno's "Volare" is perhaps not the best example of that; his 
> "Piove" (6th
> position in 1959) is surely better.
> The French chanson also has seen a continuation in this contest; André
> Claveau's "Dors mon amour" (the 1958 winner) is a beautiful song, and 
> the
> 1962 winner, "Un premier amour" by Isabelle Aubret (music: 
> Claude-Henri Vic;
> lyrics: Roland Stephane Valade) must rank as one of the best French 
> popular
> tunes of all times.
> The 1963 winner, Joergen & Grethe Ingman's "Dansevise", should not be
> forgotten.
> Kristjan
>
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