La chanson du jour - French songs 101

Death of Jeanne Moreau: fin du tourbillon de sa vie...

Jeanne Moreau died on July 31. Below is a copy of the 2009 post about Le Tourbillon de la vie (1962). See also J'ai la mémoire qui flanche (1963) and this tribute by Patrick Bruel.

 

Jeanne Moreau sings Le tourbillon de la vie in the film Jules et Jim by François Truffaut.

Lyrics by author Serge Rezvani (pseudo Cyrus Bassiak) Music by Georges Delerue (not always credited).

Monopolis by Daniel Balavoine and Fabienne Thibeault

On YT. Merci Abigail for sharing it :)

A book about Claude François

The interview is in Libération. The book is called: la Chanson exactement. L’art difficile de Claude François, by Philippe Chevallier.

What are the best songs of ... Joe Dassin?

I looked at various selections of 'best songs of Joe Dassin' on YouTube and it's interesting to see how they differ (see below). As for me, here are the five songs I prefer (extracted from those lists)

 Guantanamera (1966) - 20:54, Siffler sur la colline (1968) - 12:39, Les Champs-Élysées (1969) - 01:25:38 , L'Amérique (1970) - 30:06, L'Été indien (1975) - 01:13:05

Wikipedia sort of agrees: 

By the early 1970s, Dassin's songs were on the top of the charts in France and he had become immensely popular in that country. He recorded songs in German, Spanish, Italian and Greek, as well as French and English. Among his most popular songs are "Les Champs-Élysées" (Originally "Waterloo Road") (1969), "Salut les amoureux" (originally "City of New Orleans") (1973), "L'Été indien" (1975), and "Et si tu n'existais pas" (1975).

Un club chansons à l'Alliance française de Napa Valley

Une initiative intéressante, même s'il n'y a guère de détails sur le site. I asked for more info.