[78-L] Olde-timers

[simmonssomer]

She had two loves ("J'ai deux amours" Col DF 229.)  U.S.A and La Belle 
France. American born in St. Louis 1903.
Received the civilian equivalent of the French Croix de Guerre for her 
wartime exploits for the Underground Resistance Movement.
Risked her life during the Nazi occupation.
After the war she opened an orphanage for French kids.

She had gone to Europe in the middle twenties. Less racism, better money and 
fantastic popularity and
became an icon in France.
 Unlike most American expats she stayed the course.
(Adelaide Hall also stayed in England during WW II and the blitz.)
Even the hugely popular English film and recording star Gracie Fields flew 
the coop to America when war broke out.
Baker was embraced by all levels of French society. (well almost)
She recorded for Odeon and French Columbia starting in 1925.
Ten inch LP's issued by Columbia in England in 1954 and '55 under the title 
'Cabaret Night In Paris"

Al S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Olde-timers


> Baker was Americain..can't believe nobody's caught this!
>
> dl
>
> Julian Vein wrote:
>>> (Chevalier was) One of the very few French performers who did well in 
>>> the States.
>>> Piaf
>>> Reinhart
>>> Trenet
>>> even Baker
>>> all flopped here. Probably shouldn't have. Says more for our tastes than
>>> for their talents.
>> ====================
>> Django Reinhardt, like Hercules Poirot, was a Belgian... Baker French?
>>
>>       Julian Vein
>>
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