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WLV 82014LP
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Sylvie Vartran's family emigrated from Bulgaria to Paris in 1952 when she was just a child. Soon she would fall in love with the cosmopolitan Parisian music scene as well as American jazz and rock and roll, and by 1961, at the young age of 17, she began her recording career, one that would prove to be among the most illustrious in French pop music of 20th century. Known for her tough and sultry vocals, Vartran was an early star of the yé-yé scene and these first singles show why. Featuring many French language re-workings of rock and R&B hits from The Isley Brothers to Mel Torme, Paul Anka to Del Shannon, this collection is essential for any fan of '60s French pop.
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DOP 8004LP
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Picture disc format. Sylvie Vartan's seminal 1962 debut LP transformed the 18-year-old collegienne du twist into the French pop diva, whose songs (and high-profile marriage to Johnny Hallyday) would dominate the European pop charts throughout the 1960s. Songs like "Est-ce que tu le sais" and "Le Loco-motion" -- remakes of Ray Charles' "What I'd Say" and Little Eva's "Locomotion" -- became two of her first smash hits.
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DOY 689LP
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"1961-1962 compiles some of the earliest recordings from one of France's most iconic and longest lasting yé-yé pop stars, released way back when she was known by French journalists as 'la collégienne du twist' or, translated, 'the twisting schoolgirl.' Though only 16-18 years old at the time of these recordings, her mature vocal performances on this LP belie her age as she rips through French language versions of Elvis' 'Don't Be Cruel,' Ray Charles' 'What'd I Say?,' The Everly Brothers 'Bye Bye Love,' and lots more. Another fine offering from Doxy for the Francophile in all of us. This title is a companion piece to DOY681LP and together they comprise Vartan's complete recordings from 1961 and 1962."
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