Today, 14 July, is la Fête Nationale or Bastille Day in France, and, thus, a perfect time celebrate French culture. I thought I would do something different and have decided to pay tribute to the “French chanson” or popular French songs, and apart from those singers presented below, other notable “usual suspects” in this category are Yves Montand, Charles Aznavour, Serge Gainsbourg, Joe Dassin and Marc Lavoine.
Tag: french chanson
Francis Cabrel: Je l’aime a mourir
Francis Cabrel (1953-), French singer and songwriter, turns 65 years old today, and I thought I would share one of his popular songs – Je l’aime a mourir (I Love Her to Death), released in 1979.