My favorite is - no surprise - "La Mer", by Charles Trenet. You all know it, in English it's called "Beyond the Sea", a big hit for Bobby Darin. So big in fact, that his biopic got the title "Beyond the Sea".
My second favorite is also by Charles Trenet, and it has a habit of cropping up in French art house pics from yesteryear, Truffaut pics and that sort. It's called "Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?", and is from 1942. Trenet's own recording of it is from 1943. It also got an English cover, though not on the scale of "La Mer": "I Wish You Love", by Keely Smith, one of her signature songs. See what you think of the original by Trenet:
My second favorite chanson
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Re: My second favorite chanson
I love everything about La Mer -- the instrumental arrangement is superb.
On the other hand, it's seriously lacking in the "ra da da da dah" department.
On the other hand, it's seriously lacking in the "ra da da da dah" department.
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