Interview with a yé-yé girl; Jacqueline Taïeb

Interview with a yé-yé girl; Jacqueline Taïeb
Copyrighted by Sofie J, thanks.

This is a mail interview, so I am in lack of abilities. Hope you bear over with that, and I am looking forward to hopefully meet Miss Taïeb in a near future and do a complete interview with her.

Tunesian born Jacqueline composed her first songs aged 12 and recorded her first disc "7 heures du matin" for Impact records when she was 18. Her songs combined Arab, European and American influences. Her sixties ep's are highly prized for their garage sound. With her strong vocals, and talent for pop melodies, Jaqueline's songs are real gems that still sound fresh today.

The Beginning
‘Music caught my soul before I was born’.
It was summer of 1966. Jacqueline was playing her guitar with her friends when a showbiz woman heard her singing ‘7 heures du matin’ (which later became her giant breakthrough). She immediately saw the talent and opportunities in her, and gave Jacqueline her card.
Afterwards Jacqueline went to see her in Paris, and she was introduced to the team she was going to work with.

'I wish I had Paul McCartney, to help me... '
The rest is history. 7 Heures du Matin was a hit, and still has a cult status of a real yé-yé to this this very day.
‘I think the success of this song is the result of a total identification to it. Waking up at 7 AM is a torture for so many people. Jean Bouchetty, who produced all my sixties vinyl & the English musicians who played on them added the final touch of rock rebellion.’

True, the song is about a teenage girl (clearly herself) getting-up in the morning to do her thing, but also dreaming of idol Paul McCartney helping her with her English homework.
- ‘I 'm still a Paul McCartney fan & now I’d love him to help me write my songs!’

The Writer
After that, she took a break from her career and began to write for other musicians. Famous artists such as Yves Montand, Michel Fugain, Fabrienne Thibault and Stone have all sung Taieb’s songs. The list goes on. However, she does not feel any pride.
- ‘I only feel joy. Besides, how could I choose one song over another? They all are my children.’

However, that is not completely true. In 1988, she wrote the international hit ‘Ready to follow you’, sung by Dana Dawson. The single sold more than 500.000 copies, and the album 300.000 in France. Furthermore, the song has been released in more than 30 compilations.
- ‘When I think it over, then yes I am proud of that: ‘Maybe because it was I who discovered her in New York in 1988, while the other artists were already very famous.’

Nowadays
This April, Jacqueline played a live gig in Amsterdam Beat Club. But how is it to play a 40-year old tune? Moreover, discovering to still have so many fans?
‘The Amsterdam gig was great! People are so friendly & crazy in Holland.
I love this mixture. Yes, it did surprise me! Having so many friends all over the world makes my heart sing.’

And what music makes her heart sing?
- ‘So many different artists! Rock, blues, R&B, jazz, funk... Everything from Yves Montand, Stevie Wonder, Elvis, and Edith Piaf to present music like Alicia Keys, Keane and Eminem (!)

Last year she released a new album called ‘Jacqueline is back’, including ten new songs, the famous ‘7 heures du matin’ and a hilarious new version of it with John Lenine.
Jacqueline calls her new album ‘Pop with crazy lyrics’.

The Future
- ‘Right now I’m working for Maréva, ex miss France who released " Ukuyéyé " in June 2006, including " 7 h du mat" & " On roule à 160", 2 songs of mine.’

Following the success at the Beat Club in Amsterdam, she was booked for another gig at the club, on September 23rd.

And not only that, there will be a big surprise for the 40th birthday of " 7 h du mat" in January 2007:
JACQUELINE TAIEB & THE AMSTERDAM GUYS .
An EP with 7 heures du soir, 7 PM, Partir à Amsterdam and Juste un peu d' amour.


Download the music:
Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 Heures Du Matin
Jacqueline Taïeb - 7:AM (English version)

Buy her music
Jacqueline Taïeb - Complete Masterworks of French Mademoiselle
French Mademoiselle
Jacqueline Taïeb Is Back!
Dana Dawson

Links
Jacqueline Taïebs official website
Dana Dawson website
Amsterdam Beat Club

Pitchfork’s Top 200 Songs of the 60’s

Last week Pitchfork released a list of their opinion on the top 200 songs of the 60's. First place went (well-deserved) to Beach Boys for 'God Only Knows'.
1. The Beach Boys: "God Only Knows"
I'm sure you've read these: "the world's greatest song," "Brian Wilson's masterpiece," "the most beautiful piece of music ever recorded." Yes, the initiation into the Museum of Western Popular Music is always rough, as credible historians rush to summarize our collective experiences in short phrases. But for better or worse, "God Only Knows" is the kind of song that's almost impossible for me to talk about divorced from the way it makes me feel: sad, in love, honestly grateful, but also a little hopeless. Even in mono, it's like being swept up by a wave of compassion but still getting bruised.

The first words Carl Wilson sings, "I may not always love you," are already uncertain, so if you need a tie into the legacy of 1960s youth culture, glance no further than the naïve but strained optimism locked inside this song. Yet, Carl made this uncertainty sound gorgeous. The voices that sail behind his might just as well be a quartet of violas and cellos playing counterpoint that'd already been obsessed over a few times before they got it. "God Only Knows" is so ideally conceptualized and realized, critics can't help but support it. Somehow, even that can't turn it into an art exhibit; its humanity resists the attempt. To me, this song is a goodbye to being a kid, and hoping that love actually is the answer. And almost nobody knows if it is. --Dominique Leone

See the complete list
Download the 200 songs

Claudine Longet - Nothing To Lose

Here is the hard-to-find song by Claudine Longet from the Blake Edwards film The Party (1968) starring Peter Sellers. Such a hilarous movie!
Claudine Longet - Nothing To Lose
Watch the clip on Youtube

Traces - Je T'aime Moi Non Plus

A strange cover of Serge Gainsbourg's 'Je T'aime Moi Non Plus' by The Traces, 60's band from Thailand.

The Traces - Je T'aime Moi Non Plus

From Thai Beat A Go-Go Vol. 2

NB! Look forward to my upcoming interview with a well-known yé-yé girl.. in a couple of days!

Beatgirl: Gillian Hills

I just got a counter up, and wow, I can't believe I have that many visitors. Where are you all hiding? :)

Yes, a bit more yé-yé..

Born 5 June, 1946
(Cairo, Egypt)
Her parents were English. 3 EPs in 1960 on Barclay, including one duo with Eddie Constantine (Aimons Nous), and another one with Eddy Mitchell & Les Chaussettes Noires (C'est bien mieux comme ca). Then she moved to AZ records, trying to sing her own compositions. Failure... She also played second roles in different movies (Blow Up...) (from the yé-yé girls website)

Gillian Hills - Tut, tut, tut, tut
Gillian Hills - Zou bisou bisou

Read a full biography here

Agent 99

Barbara Feldon (born March 12, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and model.

She was most famous for her character Agent 99 in the television comedy series Get Smart, starring with lead Don Adams. When she was cast for the role, she was previously famous, although anonymously, appearing on a tigerskin rug in an advertisement for Top Brass dandruff cream. For performance in Get Smart she was nominated for an Emmy award for 'Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series' in 1968 and in 1969.
In a smoldering role designed to parody all those James Bond sex kittens, Feldon's character--a spy for the freedom-fighting agency Control--was anything but ornamental.

The coolest (and only?) girlspy-song Barbara Feldon - 99

Vintage commercial from the 50's
Fetish scene with Maxwell Smart & Agent 99

NB! The radioblog has been updated...

More Jiji

Another great song from Jiji.. Now I only need the songs 'Cinderella' and 'Non, mon ami' from her only EP 'Cinderella'

Jiji - Le Chevalier (1966)

Marisol - Tombola

Finally found the video for 'Tómbola', by Marisol, Spains cutest lil yé-yé girl!
From the movie Tómbola (1962)

Vanessa and The O's

I saw Vanessa and The O's live in concert July 24th. Mono Taxi & The Lovers also played. Bob Stanley from Saint Etienne was the DJ. What a wonderful, french night. A lot of Yé-yé music was played as well!
Vanessa & The O's - Stand
Vanessa & The O's - Bagatelle

More pictures and a videoclip @ Get Hip! Forums

Read biography
Vanessa and The O's at Myspace

Ariane

Ariane - Les Petits Mots D'amour

Ariane - Je ne sais pas pourquoi

Ariane - Ice Cream


Go the Bruno's blog to download 'Les Gemeaux'
Ariane on the Yé-Yé girls website

Danielle Denin

Great song from an unknown yé-yé girl.. anyone have info on her?

Danielle Denin - Quand tu m'embrasses

Track is on Ultra Chicks vol. 4

Danish Delights (7)

Jørgen Ingmann - Apache

Someone requested this a long time ago, so here it is!

Jørgen Ingmann, originally a jazz guitarist from Denmark, also produced a cover version of Apache that, billed to Jørgen Ingmann & His Guitar, made it to number 2 on the US pop chart and 4 in Canada in 1961, thereby preventing the Shadows' original from charting there.
A real classic.

Yé-Yé from Jiji

Jiji - La Fusee (1967)

from Ultra Chicks vol. 5

If someone has info on her, please write.

Im Back + Peggy March

Im home. London was great. France was great. I am too tired to give you a recap of my trip, and I like to keep it as private as possible.
I have some pictures from V&A's 60's fashion exhibition and videos and pictures from the Vanessa & The O's concert. In a few days.

Peggy March - Doktor
Born 8 March 1948 in Lansdale Pennsylvania (USA).
Having studied singing, acting, and dancing in the USA, Peggy's first record "I Will Follow Him" made No. 1 in the US Hit Parade. Her European debut was at the 1963 Radio Exhibition in Berlin. She appeared in Germany again in 1964, making 15 TV appearances. In 1965 she entered the German hit charts with "At Seventeen I Still Dream". After a golden record in 1968, she made 3 appearances in Japan. In 1969 she moved from New York to Munich with her husband and manager Arnie Harris. In 1970 she did a 45 minute television show in Germany. Her commercial success in Germany continued through much of the 1970s. In 1979 she experimented with disco on the album, Electrifying, but it failed to achieve commercial success. By 1981 record companies did not renew her contracts, and she moved back to the United States. A retro fad in Germany brought her some continuing success starting in the mid-1990s. Currently she works largely in the Las Vegas music scene.

Thanks to Easytempo, who help me via Get Hip! Forums

On holiday

Hey guys and dolls. I packed my suitcase, and I should be in London in exactly 12 hours. I'll back August the 8th.

I will try to update my blog as an London-diary - with pictures and etc. Don't expect too much. Let's see what happens.

Byye!

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren's first recording: Mambo Bacan from the movie La Donna Del Fiume (1955).

Sophia Loren - Mambo Bacan





Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren starred together in the 1960's movie The Millionairess.

While working on the film, Sellers fell in love with the great Italian beauty, and eventually left his wife Anne to pursue her; when it became clear that Loren wanted nothing to do with him, Sellers fell into an affair with her stand-in instead.

"Goodness Gracious Me", a duet between Sellers (as an Indian doctor) and Loren (as his patient), was released as a single to publicise the film, and became a chart hit.

Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Goodness Gracious Me

Sounds familiar? (3)

Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw got her first break back in the late Sixties when she recorded a hit vocal version of the well-known jazz tune “Mercy Mercy Mercy.” From there, Marlena toured with Count Basie and, in 1972, apparently became the first female artist ever signed to Blue Note records. Although her early years were spent either on the lounge circuit or performing straight-ahead jazz, today Marlena is best known for her string of saucy, spicy, sassy and, of course, soulful R&B records.

Marlena Shaw - Woman of The Ghetto (Live)

More Sheila

More fab songs from Sheila!

Sheila - Na Raccroche Pas

Sheila - Papa T'Es Plus Dans l'Coup

Sheila - L'école Est Finie

New videos up at youtube

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Siw Malmkvist

Siw Malmkvist, born December 31, 1936 in Landskrona, Sweden, is a Swedish singer. She competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen many times, latest in 2004 together with Towa Carson and Ann-Louise Hanson, singing the song C'est la vie, which finished 3rd. She competed for the former West Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, with the song Prima Ballerina.

She's singing in Danish in this track from 1965.

Siw Malmkvist - Vogt Dig Når Du Kysser Ham
(Beware When You're Kissing Him)

GET HIP!

GET HIP! Forums are up.

Discuss french, retro, whatever.
Requests songs, pictures and more.
Post your pictures, video's,
And much much more.

If you want to help me with the board layout, write back at the forums.

Go post-nuts and remember to link the forum! :)

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60's Surfin' Grooves

I thought it was time for some sunshine tracks.
Here is my 60's Surfin' Grooves compilation. Hope you will enjoy it, please let me know what you think!
Anyone want's to create a cd-artwork for this compilation?

The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (Bird is the Word)
Jan & Dean - Surf City
Jan & Dean - Sidewalk Surfin
The Surfaris - Wipe Out
The Surfaris - Surfer Joe
The Lively Ones - Surf Rider
The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl
Kay Bell & The Tuffs - Surfer Stomp
Surfer Girls - Draggn' Wagon
The Marketts - Out of Limits
Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - Miserlou
The Pyramids - Penetration
Billy Joe & The Checkmates - Percolator
The Sunrays - I Live For The Sun
The Chantays - Pipeline

Sounds familiar? (2)

Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer.
She was born and raised in the working class area of Tiger Bay, Cardiff. Her father was a Nigerian/West Indian seaman who died when she was only two. She later helped to support her family by working in an Enamel factory. She made her professional debut at 16 appearing in a touring revue "Memories of Al Jolson". Her first major hit was "The Banana Boat Song" and she later sang "Goldfinger" in the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964).

Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire

Anna Karina: Mic et Mac

Anna Karina - Mic et Mac

Michèle Richard

Michèle Richard is a french-canadian singer, born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1946. Michèle's singing career began when she was 10 years old, after appearing on her father's local TV show.

The peak of her popularity was in the 1960's, where Michèle, in her late teens and early twenties, brought miniskirts and go go boots to french Canada. Michèle's success lay in her ability to deliver the mod sound of the swinging sixties to her teen Quebecois audience. Her hits included french covers of such artists as the Beatles, Sonny and Cher and the Supremes, to name a few. These songs were pure 60's pop, dealing with boyfriends, break-ups, and having fun. She could be seen every week performing these hits on the teen variety show, "Jeunesse d'aujourd'hui" (inspired by the "American Bandstand" concept).

Michèle won the coveted award of Miss Radio and Television at the Gala des Artistes, in 1967 and, as a result, was asked to sing the official theme song of Expo 67. The 45 record included the original french version "Un jour un jour" on side A as well as it's english counterpart, "Hey Friend Say Friend" on the B side.

Michéle Richard - Les boîtes à go go

Download video @ scopitones

credit: expolounge

Sounds familiar? (1)

Gloria Jones (born 12 September 1938 in Longview, Texas) is an African-American singer. She recorded the 1964 northern soul classic "Tainted Love", later a hit for the UK synth-pop duo Soft Cell and, later, Marilyn Manson. This version is effin' groovy!

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

Sheila

As much of a star as Sylvie was, she didn't sell as many records as Sheila, at least not in the 60's. Annie Chancel, born Aug. 6, 1946, became Sheila when she started as a performer managed by Claude Carrère, a talent agent, manager, singer and songwriter. More..





Sheila - Vous Les Copains

Sheila - Les Rois Mages

Sheila - Bang Bang

Christie Laume

I don't know anything about Christie Laume, except that she made two EP's in the sixties. Rouge Rouge is taken from the compilation Ultra Chicks Vol.1, Agathe ou Cristie from Ultra Chicks Vol 3, and L'Adorable Femme des Neiges from Femmes de Paris Volume 1.




Christie Laume - Rouge Rouge

Christie Laume - Agathe ou Cristie

Christie Laume - L'Adorable Femme des Neiges

Les Milady's

French-Canadian girlgroup. Their recordings span from 1967-1972.
Here is some really nice songs and a cover of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood's Sugartown.








Les Milady's - Monsieur Dupont

Les Milady's - Avec toi je vivrais ma vie

Les Milady's - Sugartown

Liar, liar, pants on fire

One of the great one-hit wonders of the mid-'60s, the Castaways were a Minneapolis group with a catchy, garage sound best exemplified by their lone national hit, "Liar Liar." This 22-track anthology takes listeners through the band's entire history, right up to the present time, including a "Liar Liar 2000" remake. Along the way, the band goes through the customary stylistic changes (from garage to Beatles cops to soul to psychedelia) in search of that elusive second hit that most bands go through, trying new styles to fit the changing times until coming full circle back to their original sound. Great notes on the band's history and the new cuts brings a nice sense of closure to the package. More about them

THIS IS FAB.

The Castaways - Liar Liar

Danish Delights: The Lollipops

A popular Danish 60's teen group.
Debuted in 1960 when they were only 10, 9 and 12 years old. Their tracks feature pre-pubescent saprano crooning from brothers Torben and Jørgen Lundgreen. On the song "Do You Know (How Much I Love You)" they sing, "I want to be your man boy, oh yeah!"

The Lollipops were introduced to the Swedish audience by the pirate station Radio Syd. In record time they had received idol worship and fan hysteria never experienced before.

The Lollipops - Lollipop Shake Shake that lollipop!
The Lollipops - Do you know (How Much I Love You) Clearly a lot of inspiration from The Beatles.

I can't give you anything but love... baby

Want some Spanish yé-yé? Meltorm have loads of it, baby! That and a lot of other great stuff!

Café clips: Claudia Cardinale & David Niven

Watch charming David Niven attempting to seduce the beautiful Claudia Cardinale while she lies on a bear skin rug in front of the fireplace, drunk on champagne, telling you about her first zsrafari... frazari... wild animal hunt. Yep, that's a scene you will never forget. A must-see! From The Pink Panther (1963)

Café clips: Fran Jeffries in The Pink Panther

A classic moment: Fran Jeffries had a little cameo in The Pink Panther (1963) where she sang the song 'It Had Better Be Tonight' in Italian. The title is "Meglio Stasera" and the Italian lyrics were written by Franco Migliacci. Music by Henry Mancini.
Also starring in the clip: Peter Sellers, Capucine, Robert Wagner, David Niven, Claudine Cardinale.

Claudine Longet - Nothing To Lose (The Party)

Adorable Claudine Longet playing Michele Monet in the 1968 Peter Sellers movie, The Party (directed by Blake Edward). She sings the strangely hypnotic song 'Nothing To Lose' which was released as a single on A&M that year.

Download mp3: Claudine Longet - Love is Blue

Requested by Flunkyrat!

Yéyélicious!

These are some of my favorite yéyé songs. Sweet, fun, and groovy. Enjoy and have a good weekend :)

Zouzou - Tu fais partie du passe


Ginette Garcin - Cresoxipropanediol En apsules

Nancy Holloway - Prend Tes Clefs

Christine Pilzer - Ah-hem-ho-uh-err

Elizabeth - Je Suis Sublime

Dorothée

Frédérique Hoschédé (born on 14 July 1953 in Paris, France), known as Dorothée, is a French singer and actress.
She started her TV career in the Dorothée et Blablatus show.
She also had a brief cinema career, playing in 1978 in L'amour en fuite, François Truffaut's last film in the Antoine Doinel series, and in 1981 in Pile ou face by Robert Enrico.
From 1982 to 1987, she presented the Récré A2 TV show on Antenne 2, then the Club Dorothée show (TF1) until 1997.
Here is some cute songs from Dorothée's singing carrer. Very childish and 80's!
Dorothée - Rox et Rouky
Dorothée - Qu'il est bête

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Danish Delights: Birthe Wilke

Birthe Wilke (born, March 19, 1936) is a popular Danish singer. She grew up in a musical family in Copenhagen's Vesterbro area.
Already as a teenager she won a talent competition at the National Scala Theatre in Copenhagen, sang as solist with Bruno Henriksen's Orchestra at Tivoli and made her first recording. She was named "Denmark's Doris Day" and recorded "Que sera sera" in 1956.
After qualifying in the Danish Melodi Grand Prix to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest, she participated in Eurovision Song Contest 1957 where she sang ’’Skibet Skal Sejle I Nat’’ (literal translation, The Ship is Leaving Tonight) with Gustav Winckler. They ranked number 3, and stunned television audiences with a 32-second long kiss at the end of their performance.
She also participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 where she sang solo ’’Uh-Jeg Ville Ønske Jeg Var Dig’’ (”'Oh - I wish I were you”'). She ranked number 5.

Birthe Wilke - Pepito
Birthe Wilke - Uh, hvor ville jeg ønske jeg var dig
Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler - Skibet skal sejle i nat

Mexican yé-yé: Angélica María

Angélica María - Eddie, Eddie

Katarzyna Sobczyk

I 'stole' some old Polish records from my dad, and I found this great song:

Katarzyna Sobczyk - Trzynastego (1967)

Movie clips: The Persuaders

The Persuaders were a pair of globe-trotting, sophisticated playboys who solved crimes of passion and espionage every week on UK television.

This clip is from the first episode ever of the series; it aired on 17 September 1971.
The footage of Danny and Brett doing a car race (not on a track) is done with a cool song playing over it, that scene alone gives the hour ten out of ten.


The Persuaders - Car Race video

Background song: Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent - Gotta get Away

Hungarian yé-yé: More Cini

In addition to my post on the new super-blog Splendida, here is a complete "Best of - 66-70" album with the Hungarian pop queen Sarolta 'Cini' Zolotnay. This is a fun album with 19 great popsongs. Yeyelicious! I can't type anymore, I have to go dancing. Enjoy.

Sarolta Zolotnay - ...Ha fiu lehetnek - 1966-1970 (zip)