CLAIR DE LUNE A MAUBEUGE, UN

Created on 24/09/2002
Latest update on 03/09/2023

Artist: Pierre Perrin
Author: Pierre Perrin/Claude Blondy
Label: Ricordi
Year: 1961

Cab driver from Paris who consolidated a record deal following a ride with a record producer. Singing his repertoire while driving, revealed at least two potential cuts: Le Phare ouest, which became his first single, and this one.

Covers:

1962:

Annie Cordy

1962:

Bourvil [hit version triggering an eponymous film, starring Bourvil and with the author as a taxi driver]

1962:

Fernand Raynaud

1962:

Claude François [B-side of his very first single Nabout Twist (released under the name Kôkô)]

1962:

Wim Sonneveld [as Een Zwoele Nacht In Krimpen Aan De IJssel]

1962:

Acker Bilk [as Moonlight Tango]

1962:

Peter Lauch [as Wenn du mich Kusst]

1962:

Johnny Hoes [as Als Jij Me Kust]

Contact


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