PETITE TONKINOISE, LA

Created on 02/04/2016
Latest update on 02/04/2016

Artist: Polin
Author: Henri Christiné/Vincent Scotto
Label: cylinder recording
Year: 1906

Alias Pier Paul Marsalès. Louis Leplée who discovered Piaf was his nephew. Tonkin is a North Vietnamese harbor, then under French rule. Same melody served an older title: El Navigatore written by Georges Villard.

Covers:

1906:

Fréjol

1906:

Anna Held [as It's Delightful To Be Married; her own words]

1906:

Fragson [English version as Chin-Chin]

1907:

Esther Lekain [female version]

1908:

Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine

1930:

Joséphine Baker

1930s:

Maurice Chevalier

1936:

Louise Rainer [as It's Delightful To Be Married in film The Great Ziegfeld]

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