Jean-Jacques Debout had not yet met Chantal Goya when he performed Les boutons dorés (lyrics by Vidalin and Music by Datin) that launched his career as a singer. A nice melody. Vidalin and Datin often worked as a team (they also wrote Nous les amoureux we presented one week ago).
I could not find his version on YouTube so this is a version by Thomas Voiment. Surprise: a very different and earlier version by Barbara in 1957. And another one slightly different (I think). Barbara is such a great singer. It looks like there is not much about Jean-Jacques Debout although he was the one whose interpretation was the most popular.
Lyrics
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