[78-L] Old Geezers

[David Lennick]

And at least one article referred to the song having been written for the Peter 
And Sophia lp. But more than one article also says it was sung in The 
Millionairess, and not even Goodness Gracious Me is in that film (which is an 
absolute hunka crap I suffered through a couple of years ago, don't ask me how).

I didn't recognize it immediately because I rarely listened to Sophia's tracks 
on that album. Her voice was never anything special. Now the rest of her..even 
today..!

dl

On 3/29/2012 4:53 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> No 1960 French recording. And her name was Gillian Hills.
>
> http://users.skynet.be/gillianhills/discographie/discography2.htm#disque11
> http://rockfort.info/content.aspx?cid=283
>
> As you see Hills' EP was issued on Barclay 70 387 in 1961. Both the
> previous catalogue number 70 386 (a Dalida EP) and the next number 70
> 388 (an Aznavour EP), are 1961 releases.
> Kristjan
>
>
>
> On 2012-03-29 21:13, Michael Biel wrote:
>> 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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