Essential French Café Music

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1Hymne à l’amour
choir vocals:
Les Chœurs René Saint-Paul (on 1950-05-02)
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1950-05-02)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1950-05-02)
recording of:
Hymne à l’amour (on 1950-05-02)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton
Édith Piaf3:31
2Devant la mer
recording of:
Devant la mer
lyricist:
Charles Trenet (in 1943)
composer:
Léo Chauliac (in 1943) and Charles Trenet (in 1943)
Charles Trenet3:30
3Nuages
recording of:
Nuages (instrumental)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli3:07
4C’est si bon
vocals:
Yves Montand (in 1948)
orchestra:
Bob Castella et son orchestre (in 1948)
recording of:
C’est si bon (original French version) (in 1948)
lyricist:
André Hornez (in 1947)
composer:
Henri Betti (songwriter and pianist) (in 1947)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
Yves Montand3:02
5J’ai deux amours
recording of:
J’ai deux amours
lyricist:
Géo Koger (composer, author) and Henri Varna (French lyricist)
composer:
Vincent Scotto
Joséphine Baker3:26
6Les Trois Cloches (The Jimmy Brown Song)
vocals:
Édith Piaf (, on 1946-06-25) and Les Compagnons de la Chanson (on 1946-06-25)
conductor:
Claude Normand
arranger:
Marc Herrand
recording of:
Les Trois Cloches (on 1946-06-25)
lyricist and composer:
Gilles (Swiss composer/vocalist/actor Jean Villard Gilles) (in 1939)
publisher:
Marbot and Southern Music Publishing Company
Édith Piaf4:13
7Sur le Pont d’Avignon
recording of:
Sur le pont d’Avignon (French children's song)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
CYP Music Limited (Children’s Audio Publisher)
Jean Sablon2:37
8Paris, voici Paris
recording of:
Paris voici Paris (film "Lumières de Paris") (in 1938)
lyricist:
Louis Poterat
composer:
Jean Sautreuil
Tino Rossi3:06
9Louise
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-03-14)
vocals:
Maurice Chevalier (on 1929-03-14)
conductor:
Leonard Joy (conductor, composer)
recording of:
Louise (from "Innocents of Paris") (on 1929-03-14)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting
Maurice Chevalier3:28
10Plus bleu que tes yeux
recording of:
Plus bleu que tes yeux
lyricist and composer:
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour3:07
11Mon homme
vocals:
Mistinguett (on 1938-04-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre Marcel Pagnoul (on 1938-04-04)
conductor:
Marcel Pagnoul (conductor) (on 1938-04-04)
recording of:
Mon homme (on 1938-04-04)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
Mistinguett3:11
12Quand on se promène au bord de l’eau
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-09-15)
accordion:
Adolphe Deprince (Belgo-French accordeonnist) (on 1936-09-15)
vocals:
Jean Gabin (French 1930-70s actor & singer) (on 1936-09-15)
orchestra:
Orchestre Musette Pierrot (on 1936-09-15)
recording of:
Quand on s’promène au bord de l’eau (du film "La Belle Équipe") (on 1936-09-15)
lyricist:
Julien Duvivier and Louis Poterat
composer:
Jean Sautreuil and Maurice Yvain
Jean Gabin3:21
13Boum !
vocals:
Charles Trenet (on 1938-09-30)
orchestra:
Wal-Berg et son orchestre (on 1938-09-30)
conductor:
Wal-Berg (on 1938-09-30)
recording of:
Boum ! (on 1938-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Trenet (in 1938)
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton
Charles Trenet32:40
14La Vie en rose
piano:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1946-10-09)
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1946-10-09)
orchestra:
Guy Luypaert and His Orchestra (on 1946-10-09)
conductor:
Guy Luypaerts (on 1946-10-09)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 71)
recording of:
La Vie en rose (French original) (on 1946-10-09)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi) and Édith Piaf
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Édith Piaf53:12
15Rue Lepic
guitar:
Henri Crolla (until 1951)
vocals:
Yves Montand (in 1951)
orchestra:
Bob Castella et ses Rythmes (in 1951)
recording of:
Rue Lepic (on 1951-03-12)
lyricist:
Pierre Jacob (French poet & songwriter)
composer:
Michel Emer
recording of:
Rue Lepic (in 1951)
lyricist:
Pierre Jacob (French poet & songwriter)
composer:
Michel Emer
Yves Montand2:42
16Mimi
recording of:
Mimi (from 1932 film "Love Me Tonight")
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
Maurice Chevalier2:32
17Je sais que vous êtes jolie
recording of:
Je sais que vous êtes jolie !
lyricist and composer:
Henri Christiné
Jean Sablon3:13
18Easy to Love
recording of:
Easy to Love
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
Joséphine Baker3:11
19Le Mauvais Sujet repenti
producer:
Claude Apel (producer) and Jacques Canetti
acoustic guitar:
Victor Apicella (on 1954-11-02) and Georges Brassens (on 1954-11-02)
additional acoustic guitar:
Victor Apicella
double bass:
Pierre Nicolas (on 1954-11-02)
vocals:
Georges Brassens (on 1954-11-02)
recording of:
Le Mauvais Sujet repenti (on 1954-11-02)
lyricist:
Georges Brassens
composer:
Eugène Météhen
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music France
Georges Brassens2:32
20Le Grand Café
recording of:
Le Grand Café
lyricist and composer:
Charles Trenet (in 1937)
Charles Trenet2:16
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