Artist: Jacqueline François
Author: Paul Durand/Henri Contet
Label: Philips
Year: 1948
Intro slightly based on Ravel's Bolero. Henri Contet also wrote for Piaf.
Covers:
Xavier Cugat [as All My Love; English lyrics: Mitchell Parish]
Patti Page [n°1 US]
Marcel Thielemans [with the Emile Deltour Orch.]
Ravel's Bolero also inspired Gilbert Bécaud's Et maintenant (see there), Little Drummer Boy (see: Carol Of The Drum) and Jeff Beck's Bolero.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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