Toujours l'Amour
HE top French cabaret stars. who send their love from Paris, in Theatre of Music on Saturday, June 1, are Edith Piaf, Annie Cordy, Charles Trenet, Gilbert Becaud, and Les Compagnons de la Chanson, Naturally the songs are of Paris and the people who live (and love) there. For example, Charles Trenet, of the crushed hat, plaid jacket and beaming countenance, probes the "Heart of Paris," and Edith Piaf, red-haired and clear-voiced, "the authentic voice of Paris," walks "Under Paris Skies" to meet "The Poor People of Paris." Annie Cordy introduces the girl from Martinique who sold® bonbons and cararhels, and Gilbert Bécaud, very popular among the younger set, describes another "Brand New Spring." Les Compagnons de la Chanson (séen at left) the nine singers who made stich a hit with "The Three Bells,"’sing that old French favourite "Auprés de ma Blonde," and include the English version, "I Want To Be Near You." They also visit the Moulin Rouge with the earliest version of the well-known tune. And the programme is long enough to allow all the o'her singets a second appearance at the microphone before Charles Trenet takes us back to the music-h>".
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 928, 24 May 1957, Page 7
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196Toujours l'Amour New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 928, 24 May 1957, Page 7
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