SUR LE PONT D'AVIGNON
Created on 24/03/2019Latest update on 04/07/2025
Artist: Léonce Bergeret
Author: traditional
Label: Zonophone
Year: 1902
Comique du Casino de Paris. Old wedding song (chanson des oreillers - 15th Century). A popular children song since Adolphe Adam's operette l'Auberge Pleine (1853). International success followed in 1876 when it was the title song of a second operette. The bridge is the Pont Saint-Bénézet, build in the 12th century over the Rhône river. Of the initial twenty two arches four survived. The dances took place underneath the arches.
Covers:
- 1906:
Rachel De Ruy [published a songbook entitled: Rondes enfantines]
- 1918:
- 1939:
- 1949:
Margot Hielscher [German version]
- 1953:
- 1956:
- 1959:
Caterina Valente [as Alles dreht sich um die Liebe]
- 1961:
Joe Dowell [as The Bridge Of Love; hit US]
- 1961:
- 1962:
Michael Holm & Susie Becker [as Küss mich mal]
- 1963:
- 1963:
Ray Charles Singers [as On The Bridge Of Avignon]
- 1977:
Mireille Mathieu [she's from Avignon]
- 1977:
