August 2018

Jacques Higelin with a live solo performance of 'Cigarette', broadcast on French TV, March 30, 1976: https://t.co/7j4XSHQoqe.

9:47 AM, Aug 23rd, 2018 via Hootsuite Inc.

Top-selling French EPs/singles in France, August 1968. #50yearsago

Info & covers: https://t.co/i8gL9Bp6jq https://t.co/L92UoSm9o2

10:06 AM, Aug 22nd, 2018 via Buffer

Françoise Hardy publicity card, 1965. 📷: Jean-Marie Pérpic.twitter.com/B04zfT2TJrT2TJr

6:14 PM, Aug 19th, 2018 via Buffer

1961: 17-year-old Johnny Hallyday poses in his bedroom, its walls plastered with photos of his idols (including himself!). 📷 Jean-Claude Sauer.
Photo source: Paris Match Vintainstagram.com/p/BcWgq2_BX9s/2pic.twitter.com/2wmZfsSUxWUxW

5:34 PM, Aug 18th, 2018 via Buffer

Happy Birthday, Sylvie Vartan! 🎂 Born #OTD in 1944.

Here she celebrates her 19th birthday in 1963, with her beau Johnny Hallyday: https://t.co/XRiNlv4Nn4. From the @RadioTeleSuisse archives.

5:05 PM, Aug 15th, 2018 via Hootsuite Inc.

'J'ai traversé l'enfer' – a great 1966 single from Monty, a singer and songwriter who found success in the yé-yé era: https://t.co/1vWnliqmSR.

Clip from an episode of music show 'Douches écossaises' (Scottish Showers), March 7, 1966. Directed by Jean-Christophe Averty.

9:08 AM, Aug 15th, 2018 via Buffer

Jane Birkin with photographer Tony Frank in 1971, shooting the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's 'Histoire de Melody Nelson'.

Source: National Portrait Gallery https://t.co/A7gKTGfke1. https://t.co/CPFz3mE6Zx

7:02 PM, Aug 14th, 2018 via Buffer

Dani - "H" comme hippies (1967) https://t.co/fyPniZ0Uf3
(Cover: @Discogs) https://t.co/am89d1AKN5

7:02 PM, Aug 13th, 2018 via Buffer

The painting can also be seen in this clip for 'Celui que j'aime', from 'Art actualité', February 5, 1967: https://t.co/7aAtydbuIl. #FranceGall

10:20 AM, Aug 13th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client

France Gall, c. 1967, poses with a portrait of herself and the painting's artist, Hungarian-French impressionist François Gall (no relation!).

Source: https://t.co/8lJ1csnpxE https://t.co/oIczp5KPTL

9:35 AM, Aug 13th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client

Something fitting for my 666th tweet: Brigitte Bardot with 'The Devil is English' (English-language version of 'Le diable est anglais'). 😈🇬🇧

The clip is from her TV special 'Show Brigitte Bardot', first broadcast on January 1, 1968. Dirs: Eddy Matalon, François Reipic.twitter.com/XqP1awagE4XqP1awagE4

8:45 PM, Aug 7th, 2018 via Twitter Web Client

If you lived in France 51 years ago, this might have been your Sunday afternoon viewing: France Gall performing the LSD-themed 'Teenie Weenie Boppie', joined by the song's writer, Serge Gainsbourg ('Le petit dimanche illustré', Oct 22, 1967). https://t.co/bH14lL5hoS

5:25 PM, Aug 5th, 2018 via Hootsuite Inc.