French music a gogo : Hédika

Born in Hungary,Hédika's parents worked the music-hall circuit.In 1961,aged 15 she won the "Miss Juke Box Paris" competition, organized by Eddie Barclay.That year she made two ep's for Festival.The tracks were all rock numbers including covers of songs popularised by Elvis and Chubby Checker.Her voice is quite raw and shrill, with a lot of youthful energy.All eight tracks appear on the Twistin' the Rock Volume 4 cd (shared with Nicole Paquin).After spending the 60's performing in clubs,Hédika retired from the music scene in 1971.(adapted from the yé-yé girls website)

Hey pony

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French music a gogo : more Nicole Paquin

Since Ronald requested some more Nicole Paquin,here we go again with another fantastic rock 'n' roller! This is a cover of the song "You can get him Frankenstein".More about Nicole Paquin

Mon mari,c'est Frankenstein

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French music a gogo : triple dose of yé-yé

Ice cream-Ariane

Look-Micky Ameline

Aiko-aiko-Julie D


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Music a gogo : Curlee Wurlee!

A Parisian girl living in Düsseldorf, two boys from Cologne and one from Solingen,this is Curlee Wurlee! They played plenty of shows all over Europe, appeared on tv as well as radio stations, participated at underground performances and festivals and recorded some beautiful records thanks to a wild guitar, a crazy decided bass and energetic beat drums... and of course Cécile with her organs.It all started with the Girls: Cécile, Frauke and some friends formed Curlee Wurlee! at the end of the 1998. The girls hoorayed as Michael Rodeo (guitar, backing vocals) joined the band in April 2001 and added his very special touch.CW! was happy to welcome two new members in June 2004: Beat Mike is CW's new drummer and Geree Wurlee is now the man on bass.People love the vocals in “Frenglish” (CW! has French,German and English-language (both with a serious French accent) songs) and their brilliant harmonies and parties with the audience.The long awaited new lp is currently in preparation. website If you like also check out this.

S.O.S. mesdemoiselles
Morgen nehme ich Dein Foto von der Wand
I cannot understand

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French music a gogo : Chantal Goya

This famous French actress and singer who worked together with all the greats transformed herself later with success into a children's entertainer.
Here's one of her best from 1965.

Il court les filles

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French music a gogo : Nicole Paquin

Almost completely forgotten it seems,Nicole was one of the first French girls ever to sing rock 'n' roll.She made 2 ep's and presented "Salut les copines",later she became a journalist for Cinémonde.In 1966 she returned to the music-scene for one ep with the group "Les Minets".

Allons dans les bois

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Music a gogo : Stereo Total

Stereo Total is a Berlin-based French-German duo. Members are Françoise Cactus (born Françoise Van Hove) and Brezel ('pretzel') Göring (aka Friedrich von Finsterwalde, born Friedrich Ziegler).Former members include Angie Reed, San Reimo, Iznogood and Lesley Campbell.
Their music can be described as a humorous mix of electronica,yé-yé and pop music.Stereo Total are a truly multilingual band, singing usually in German, French, and English,as well as other languages.(Wikipedia) website

Schön von hinten
Der Schlüssel
Tokyo mon amour
Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais

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French music a gogo : Donald Lautrec

And we're back in Québec! Donald does a great version of "Nothing but a heartache".The picture on the left is from his 1969 show,looks wild!

C'est insensé


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French music a gogo : more Monique Thubert

Check out the b-side of her "Avec les oreilles",this great down-tempo groover by the one and only Monique Thubert...

Booff

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French music a gogo : Anouk

Another rare track by French girl-singer Anouk who's only? ep was released in 1966 on AZ records.

Jimmy est parti

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French music a gogo : Serge Gainsbourg

Of course I forgot it's now 15 years ago Serge left for le grand café dans le ciel,I forget my own age sometimes!

Requiem pour un twisteur

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French music a gogo : Victoire Scott

Enter in the 4th dimension with Victoire Scott,improbable French Sandie Shaw,whose lyrics show a very special personality and a use of various mind-altering substances.
This is the b-side of her single "4éme dimension".

Par delà le sang de la terre

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French music a gogo : Johnny Hallyday

I thought it would be nice to put some GUYS up from time to time...So here we blast off with the French Elvis,Johnny Hallyday.At the end of the sixties Johnny seemed to be desperate to fit in the changing music scene,so he experimented with some more unusual (for him at least) songs.During that time he also appeared alongside Sylvie Vartan in the très pop movie "Les Poneyttes",you can see him on the left covered in gold! Later he would return to his proven formula of course.

Psychedelic

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