Artist: Jacques Brel
Author: Jacques Brel
Label: Barclay
Year: 1965
"...Même si un jour à Knokke-Le Zoute..." Brel spent many a holiday at the Belgian coast as a child, where his old aunts Vanneste squeezed his cheeks and called him Jacky. He attended an Opportunity Knocks-competition in the local Casino in '53 but ended second last.
Covers:
Scott Walker [as Jackie]
Mort Shuman [as Jackie (La Chanson de Jacky)]
Willem Nijholt [idem; Dutch translation]
Marc Almond [as Jacky]
Wim Ravell [as Op Al Mijn Reizen]
Divine Comedy [as Jacky]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)