[78-L] Eurovision on 78

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

I don't see anything strange about it; it was sung by Jacqueline Boyer 
(in French and in German), the daughter of Jacques Pills and Lucienne 
Boyer. It was written by Pierre Cour and André Popp. Great song. I bet 
there is a 78 somewhere.

BC
Le 30 avr. 09, à 06:14, David Weiner a écrit :

>
> The 1960 winner was a strange French pseudo-madrigal, "Tom Pillibi."  
> I have
> Julie Andrews' 45 of it and thought for years it was an olde Englyshe
> ballade.
>
> Dave W.
>
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>
> 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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