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)

Vanessa Paradis: Le Petit Poucet

In 2001 Vanessa attriubted with the song for the French fantasy movie Le Petit Poucet.
I think you will love this beautiful song - I know I do. Here is the French and the English version.

Vanessa Paradis - La Lune Brille Pour Toi

Vanessa Paradis - Close Your Eyes (English version)

Going to Paris!

Im going to Paris in July. For the first time in my life. It would be great if some of you could help me having the blast of my life!
Help me bring back some yéyé tunes for the blog and other french vintage stuff. Yeyeyeah!

I would love recommends of:
- Vintageshops: rare 60's records, second hand clothes, everything retro!
- Festivals and concerts in July
- Clubs (with 60's music!)
- Other great must-see sights

Post your recommends in the comments.
Thanks!

Christine Pilzer

Cinema62 is dead. I just don't have the time at this moment. I will post the classic movietunes and filmclips here from now on :)

Christine Pilzer

This song is one of my all time fav french tracks! Though I puke when I smoke those gross vanilla Cafe Creme's...

Christine Pilzer - Café Crémé

Ebay finds:
Les Triplees record
Yé yé girls article in LIFE Mag 64'

Video: Grethe and Jörgen Ingmann - Dansevisen

This beautiful song won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963. It was performed by the couple Grethe & Jorgen Ingmann. The music was composed by Otto Francker and the lyrics was written by Sejr Volmer-Sörensen.
Jörgen turned 80 this April..
Read more about them

I consider it as the best Eurovision song (along with Mrs. Gall, of course ;))

Grethe and Jörgen Ingmann - Dansevisen (.wmv)

Ye ye: Michèle Torr

From the Ye-Ye girls website: First recordings in 1963. 'Dans Mes Bras Oublie Ta Peine'. 'C'est Dur D'Avoir 16 Ans'. Sang Luxembourg's entry in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest 'Ce soir je t'attendais' which finished in 10th place. In 1977 she defected to Monaco to sing 'Une petite francaise' which got 4th place.

Michèle Torr - Dans Mes Bras Oublie Ta Peine

André Brasseur

I have been hooked on these tunes since I heard them on Radio Oh La La a while ago.
Here is 2 mod clubsounds from the Belgian king of Hammond Andre Brasseur. Mmh. It smells like 60's! Go download, listen and dance the monkey with me! ;)

André Brasseur - Holiday
André Brasseur - Early Bird

Please Write if you have something in similar!

Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66

This bossatune is a classic. If you dont know it by the name or title, download it, listen, and i'll bet a cup of tea that you will recognise it.

Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66' - Mas Que Nada

Updates at Cinema62

Anna Karina Dance from Vivre Sa Vie

Watch it on youtube

The Shangri-Las

I'm addicted to this song!


The Shangri-Las - The Train From Kansas City

Tigrrree girls

Which version do you prefer?

Delphine Desyeux - Je suis la tigresse (1969)
From the album Swinging Mademoiselles.











Lulu - Im A Tiger (1969)






Updates at Cinema62

Tina loves to love

Just a nice little something. Tina Charles hit from 1976 'I Love To Love'.

Tina Charles - I Love To Love

Les Poppy's

Les Poppy's - French kids can rock!

The french boy's choir called "Les Poppys" was originally a church choir.
In 1971 they had a worldwide hit with the pacifist song "Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé"
(translated: "No, no, nothing has changed" - meaning that there is still war).
They sold more than 5 million records in 4 years.

Les Poppy's - Non, Non, Rien A Change

Les Poppy's - Isabelle, je taime

Link

The Guitar Girls

Danish Delights: GUITARPIGERNE - THE GUITAR GIRLS

I can't find any information about these two wonderful girls. I bought the record only because of it's cover. Luckily the music is great!
I know that Peter Mynte wrote the lyrics and Ole Hoeyer made the music to 'Sikke' de ka'. 'Det Har Jeg Altid Oensket Mig' is a cover of Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde's 'I Only Want To Be With You'. But I know nothing about the singing girls.

Guitarpigerne - Sikke' de ka' (1964)
Guitarpigerne - Det har jeg altid oensket mig (1964)

The Savage Rose

The Savage Rose - The Danish Legend

To honor the recent loss of the founder of the legendary Danish band Savage Rose, Thomas Koppel who died in February. He was born 27/4-1944, and passed away 25/2-2006. R.I.P

From allmusic.com:
One of the most well-known rock groups from Continental Europe, Denmark's Savage Rose recorded a wealth of intriguing and eclectic progressive rock in the late '60s and '70s. In their early work, one hears faint echoes of the Airplane, Doors, Pink Floyd, and other psychedelic heavyweights combined with classical jazz and Danish-Euro folk elements. Their arrangements rely heavily on an incandescent, watery organ that sounds like nothing so much as psychedelic aquarium music. The most striking aspect of the band's sound, however, was the vocals of lead singer Annisette. Her childish wispy and sensual phrasing can suddenly break into jarring, almost histrionic wailing, like a Janis Joplin with Yoko Ono-isms, and eerily foreshadows Kate Bush's style.
Stars in their native land, Savage Rose also achieved a bit of underground success abroad, and several of their albums were released in North America. Between 1968 and 1978, the group released nine albums, moving from vaguely psychedelic rock and heavily gospel.

"...Hundreds of thousands have experienced the magic of this band, who have walked barefoot across the planet, among the lowliest, voicing their hope, longing, dreams, pain and struggle........."David Fricke(Senior editor "Rolling Stone") on The Savage Rose (2000)

Download two Savage Rose classics!

The Savage Rose - A Girl I Knew (1968)

The Savage Rose - Long Before I Was Born (1968)

www.savagerose.com

Trude Herr: Ich will keine Schokolade

Trude Herr
German actress, singer, and theatre director. She was born in 1927 in Cologne, Germany and died in 1991 in Provence, France.

This song is brilliant!

Trude Herr - Ich will keine Schokolade (1960)

Die Dorthe aus Dänemark

DORTHE (KOLLO)
Born 17 July 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark
"It was a great experience to record the first single in Germany, without understanding a single word that I was singing"

Her father was a conductor and trained with her . In addition she had instructions in dance and pantomime. In 1967 Dorthe had her first hit with "Sind Sie Der Graf Von Luxemburg". In 1968 she was placed second in a German hit competition with "Wärst du doch in Düsseldorf geblieben" The single LP for the song sold gold.

Dorthe -Waerst Du doch in Düsseldorf Geblieben

Peter from Skanderborg is replaced with a playboy from Düsseldorf!

More Dorthe soon.