Georges Moustaki performs 'Le métèque' - with Françoise Hardy by his side - on 'Numéro un' , New Year's Eve, 1969: https://t.co/Z4sB0mfb8v
RT @french_pop: Wow - five stars who released some of the coolest records in 60s France, all together! The photo was taken during the filmi…
French crooner Sacha Distel joins Spanish songstress @JeanetteRebelde for a duet of her single 'Porque te vas' on 'Numéro un', October 23, 1976. The song became an international hit after it was heard in Carlos Saura's film 'Cria Cuervos'. https://t.co/CwwVfLKwWy
French girl group Les Parisiennes in a Prisunic supermarket, October 1965. 📷 Gérard Gepic.twitter.com/sfdPB7ae6Sae6S
@RichieMcCormack Hey, thanks – I actually really appreciate knowing someone's been enjoying them. :)
RT @spikedcandy: Another all 60s, all female, Christmas mix! https://t.co/qPz9GH4Vco 🎄🎅🎵♥💚
Johnny Hallyday - Si j'étais un charpentier (If I Were A Carpenter) (1966) https://t.co/c6zIsqeOyO
Françoise Hardy attends her church, La Trinité, and lights a candle 🕯, November 1, 1963. 📷: Gérapic.twitter.com/bTay7Z0S2pTay7Z0S2p
Jean-Claude Darnal - Ballade pour un Noël (1966) https://t.co/NeR2sxwSfb
RT @spikedcandy: A 1963 ad for a special Christmas offer - buy an eye makeup kit and get a free record from #yéyégirl Micky Amline!
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Claude François - En rêvant à Noël (1963) https://t.co/HFnJHte6ob
Sheila - Les rois mages (1971) https://t.co/WwSlXa5qsG. The song, which refers to the biblical Magi/Three Wise Men, is a cover of Middle Of The Road's 'Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum'.
Lio - Noël (1983) https://t.co/6tPb06PNM4
Jacques Brel dressing as Santa Claus costume, to celebrate Christmas with his family in Brussels, 1963. Source: instagram.com/p/B6fWtTfIloa/ pic.twitter.com/SEG4Wh7foe
Richard Anthony - C'est à Bethléem (Noëls, 1961): https://t.co/rc01TFsz32. Cover: @Discogs. https://t.co/slxM70crFr
Anne Sylvestre - Noël nouvelet (1965) https://t.co/2Rx34b5hnX
RT @french_pop: Graeme Allwright - Petit garçon (1968) https://t.co/Rdv8ARDvVZ. New Zealand-born folk singer-songwriter Allwright's French…
RT @SimplementJF: S'endormir sur sa chaise devant son ordinateur et se réveiller en sursaut en trouvant une chanson qu'on ne connaissait pa…
RT @tinynoggin: #awesomedrinkanddraw was ace fun tonight. It’s been busy at work again but I just managed to make it on time by skipping m…
Catherine Sauvage - Le Noël des ramasseurs de neige (1964): https://t.co/AwgPMEg6Hr. Words by the poet/lyricist Jacques Prévert. #chanson
Cover: @Discogs. https://t.co/BFcrk1Y3b7
Petula Clark - Chante Noël EP (1963): https://t.co/7DbAzrQVuJ @PetulaClarkHQ
Tracks:
1. Il est né le divin enfant
2. Belle nuit, sainte nuit
3. Minuit chrétien (Noël d'Adam)
4. Mon beau sapin
Cover: @Discogs https://t.co/bpB4NdJD0v
Karen Cheryl - On s'prépare pour Noël (1984) https://t.co/2FUoy1QtLs. From the French Christmas fantasy film 'J'ai rencontré le Père Noël', directed by Christian Gion. Music by Francis Lai.
Alice Dona - Le Noël des copains (1963) https://t.co/piIuKCDSf0 #yéyé 🎄🎵
Sylvie Vartan, 1962. 📷 Jean-Marie Périer. (via: https://t.co/0LdSqffXY3) https://t.co/pxpUiceUkJ
RT @french_pop: Barbara - Joyeux Noël (1968) https://t.co/UbUbPjvnCO #chanson
Nana Mouskouri: Mon beau sapin (1972) https://t.co/cBUUraxRwo
Les Enfants Terribles - Nativité (1969) https://t.co/wgBkgyN8da
Isabelle Aubret performs a beautiful jazz-pop ballad, 'Il ne faut pas briser un rêve', on Douches écossaises, Aug. 19, 1965. The song, released in 1964, was written by Jean Jal & arranged by Alain Goraguer. Directed by Jean-Christophe Averty.
Full videoyoutu.be/J-l_AwPPl_0Jpic.twitter.com/khz0jX3QkVkV
RT @french_pop: 'Tis... whatever season involves France Gall, a cowboy guitarist and a creepy snowman. ☃🤠🎄
The young, presumably terrified…
Lio - Teenager (1979) https://t.co/9S0BUdVOoo
Cover: @Discogs https://t.co/6tZ4O5xNxU
@popasart ðŸ‘
RT @jeres: Ce Mortel Ennui was recorded in ‘58 but this “clip†which pays homage to Renais’ L'Année dernière à Marienbad was shot in '64. @…
Sylvie Vartan rides a horse while filming the movie 'D'où viens-tu Johnny ?' in the South of France, May 31, 1963. Source: https://t.co/Jwiel2MEYq. https://t.co/vpL199eLDV
Françoise Hardy performs 'Pas gentille' on Discorama, January 17, 1965: https://t.co/zKWGZvUPlS. The song is a cover of Marty Wilde's 'Bad Boy', with French lyrics written by Françoise.
'Désert' by François de Roubaix, from the French adventure series 'Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge' which was broadcast in 1968 and 1975transversales.bandcamp.com/track/d-sertjd. The soundtrack is being released for the first time by Transversales Disques.
@jeres I believe the show the '64 version is from was directed by Jean-Christophe Averty, so it makes a certain sense he'd draw from Gainsbourg's late 50s music. He was a huge fan of jazz - and not so much pop!
@jeres I saw there was a 1964 clip when I was checking to see if this one was already on Youtube, but I haven't yet watched it. I'll have to do so!
Serge Gainsbourg performs 'Ce mortel ennui' on 'Voeux à tous vents', December 31, 1961.
Full video:youtu.be/PanSNJUGMaYFpic.twitter.com/ZxNBKk0Irjj
RT @matchvintage: Il y a déjà 3 ans, le 5 décembre 2017, disparaissait Johnny Hallyday, à l'âge de 74 ans dans sa maison de Marnes-la-Coque…
RT @Lucys_Stuff: A great French artist died today. If you understand French a bit, this is a beautiful song on the hope that women could no…
Joel Daydé, formerly of Zoo, with a live performance of 'You Got Freedom' from his 1970 #psychrock album 'J'aime': https://t.co/ifeXDG1t74 This aired on the countercultural French TV show 'Pop 2' on April 17, 1971.
He's joined by Claude Engel & Paco Charlery, formerly of #Magma.
@dominiquecozett @discogs You're welcome! It's a wonderful song :)
Sylvie Vartan kisses Johnny Hallyday in his dressing room at the Olympia, April 16, 1965. pic.twitter.com/U3lWtrDaNI