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Cerys Matthews goes to Paris to discuss the classic popular songs that constitute the great French songbook.

France's popular music legacy is vast and diverse. Cerys Matthews travels to Paris in search of some of the key classic songs that constitute the French songbook, and talks to a panel of guests including musicologist Catherine Rudent, writer and commentator Catherine Guilyardi and popular music journalist Bertrand Dicale. Whilst some French songs have been chart successes in the UK, and others have become jazz standards, Cerys uncovers a patrimony that ranges from the seductive to the salacious, but which is always delivered with wit and panache. And with some 3,000 French songs including 'Paris' in their titles, the city itself acts as muse as well as backdrop to many of France's greatest popular classics.

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Sun 16 Aug 2015 13:30

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Music Played

  • Jacques Brel

    NE ME QUITTE PAS

    Performer: Jacques Brel.
    • Barclay (大象传媒 Download).
    • na.
  • Jacques Brel

    Au suivant

    Performer: Jacques Brel.
    • Barclay.
    • 60471.
  • Charles Trenet

    La Mer

    Performer: Charles Trenet.
    • ASV.
    • CDAJA-5401.
  • Barbara

    L'aigle noir

    Performer: Barbara.
    • Mercury.
    • 063-180-2.
  • Serge Gainsbourg

    La Javanaise

    Performer: Serge Gainsbourg.
    • Universal.
    • 542 0552.
  • Serge Gainsbourg

    Aux armes et caetera

    Performer: Serge Gainsbourg.
    • Philips.
    • 910218.
  • Scotto

    SOUS LES PONTS DE PARIS

    Performer: Juliette Gr茅co. Performer: Melody Gardot.
    • Universal France.
    • UNFR2785934-2.
  • 脡dith Piaf

    HYMNE A L'AMOUR (IF YOU LOVE ME...)

    • EMI.
    • CDP-7944652.
  • Georges Brassens

    Les copains d'abord

    Performer: Georges Brassens.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 838702-2.
  • Fran莽oise Hardy

    TOUS LES GARCONS ET LES FILLES

    • CAMDEN.
    • 74321-822322A.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 21 Jul 2015 11:30
  • Sun 16 Aug 2015 13:30

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