[78-L] Old Geezers

[Michael Biel]

Hill's version added another name in the composer credits Michel 
Rivgauche, who probably wrote the French lyrics.  Was his an adaptation 
of the original song by Bill Shepard and Alan Tew?  His name could not 
have been left off the Loren English version if the title came from the 
French.  And looking at the rear of the new 45 being issued from the Mad 
Men soundtrack, only Shepard and Tew are credited. EMI Music is the 
song's publisher.  http://www.insound.com/madmen/  So, now, which one 
was first -- Loren or Hill?  Both were 1960.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

On 3/29/2012 2:52 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>
> On 3/28/2012 4:37 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> Nice! I was wracking my brain to try and remember where I knew it from while it
>> was airing, and I remembered the PETER AND SOPHIA album where it's spelled "Zoo
>> Be Zoo Be Zoo" but I was unaware of the 1961 version "Zou Bisou Bisou" by
>> Gillian Hill.
>>
>> http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/zoo-be-zoo-be-zoo-mad-men.html
>>
>> dl
> I recognized the song immediately -- and Sophia does a much better job.
> But remember, she had the benefit of George Martin being the producer.
>
> BUT -- according to an article in The Daily Beast, Gillian Hill's
> version was first.
> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/26/mad-men-premiere-a-history-of-zou-bisou-bisou-megan-s-sultry-song-to-don.html
>     ""/Zou Bisou Bisou/ was a summer smash for a 16-year-old, my first
> record, the summer of 1960," Hills, who still records music and also
> works a visual artist, told The Daily Beast in an email. ... "Eddy
> [Barclay, the head of Barclay Records] let me listen to Sophia Loren's
> English version after I had recorded the song," said Hills, now in her
> late 60s and living in London. "For some reason her version did not
> catch on."   How long after Hill's recording did she hear the Loren
> recording??  It must have been after the Loren recording was released.
> But if Hill's was a hit in France in 1960, it was not recorded in 61 as
> the Vulture article says.  But the Beast article is the one that claims
> it was from the film -- which it wasn't.   AND the French title makes a
> hell of a lot more sense than the English one.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>> On 3/28/2012 4:29 PM, David Weiner wrote:
>>> In red or black vinyl and a gatefold sleeve - I just ordered five for
>>> gifts!
>>>
>>> Dave Weiner
>>>
>>> On 3/28/12 3:58 PM, "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>    wrote:
>>>
>>>> Apparently Megan's song from this weekend's episode of MAD MEN is being
>>>> released as a 7-inch single. Wonder if they'll press it on styrene?
>>>>
>>>> dl
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