Sylvie Vartan is a Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yéartists. Her performances often featured elaborate show-dance choreography,and she made many appearances on French and Italian TV.
An idol is a type of entertainer marketed for image,attractiveness,and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in other performance skills such as acting,dancing,and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements by talent agencies,while maintaining a parasocial relationship with a financially loyal consumer fan base.
"Rhythm of the Rain" is a song performed by The Cascades,released in November 1962 in the US and on January 25,1963 in the UK. It was written by Cascades band member John Claude Gummoe. On March 9,1963,it rose to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,and spent two weeks at number 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked the record as the number 4 song of 1963.
Salut les copains is a series of albums released through Universal Music France to commemorate the best of music featured in French scene as sponsored by the "Salut les copains" radio program in France and the French Salut les copains magazine. The tracks include French original singles,French-language covers of known hits as well as European and American hits popular in France. The track list is a representative wide selection of the "Yé-yé" generation of French music.
Georges Poubennec,better known under the name Georges Aber,was a French singer-songwriter.
Patate is a 1964 French film starring Pierre Dux,Jean Marais,Danielle Darrieux and Sylvie Vartan. It is based upon the eponymous play by Marcel Achard,adapted by Robert Thomas,who also directed.
Cherchez l'idole is a 1964 French-Italian film directed by Michel Boisrond. Enjoying great success in Japan,notably with the interpretation of Sylvie Vartan and her single La Plus Belle pour aller danser composed for the film and sold millions of copies,the film is considered the instigator of the fashion for Japanese idols and has had a strong impact on the Japanese recording industry as well as Japanese culture in general.
"Retiens la nuit" is a song by French singer Johnny Hallyday from his 1961 studio album Salut les copains. It was also released as an EP in February 1962 and as a single two months prior. The song was also featured in the 1962 French comedy-drama anthology film "Les parisiennes",which starred Hallyday.
"Comme un garçon" is a song by Sylvie Vartan from her 1967 album Comme un garçon. It was also released on an EP and as a single.
"Tous mes copains" is a song by Sylvie Vartan from her 1962 album Sylvie. It was also released on an EP and as a single that year.
"Ride the Lightning" is a song written by John Kongos and Peter Leroy and originally released by John Kongos in 1975.
"Gee Baby" is a song originally released by the duo Joe &Ann. It was co-written by Joe Joseph and Alvin Tyler,arranged and produced by Tyler,and recorded in New Orleans,possibly with Mac Rebennack on keyboards. Released as a single in 1959,it peaked at no. 14 on U.S. Billboard's R'n'B chart,called Hot R&B Sides at the time.
"Pour moi la vie va commencer" is a song by written by French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Debout and performed by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released in October 1963,coinciding with the release of the film "D'oùviens-tu Johnny",starring Hallyday and fellow singer and future wife Sylvie Vartan,of which the song is featured on.
"Par amour,par pitié" is a song by Sylvie Vartan. It was released on an EP in December 1966 and then on her 1967 album 2'35 de bonheur.
"Irrésistiblement" is a song by Sylvie Vartan,released in 1968.
"La Maritza" is a song by Sylvie Vartan from her 1968 album Sylvie Vartan. It was also released as an EP and as a single.
"George (Disco Tango)" is a song,originally released in English in 1977 by German female singer Pat Simon (born 1949) after a 5-year break in her career.
"(I'm Watching) Every Little Move You Make" is a song,written by Paul Anka and originally recorded by British singer Jimmy Cassidy in May 1963 as the B-side to his cover of the Nacio Herb Brown standard Paradise,followed by a cover in late 1963 by Little Peggy March for her debut album,I Will Follow Him,that was a minor hit on the charts in 1964. Anka himself also released his own version in October 1963 as a single in France.
"He Understands Me" is a song released in 1963 by Teresa Brewer. The song was a hit single for Johnny Tillotson in 1964,retitled "She Understands Me",and Bobby Vinton in 1966,retitled "Dum-De-Da".
Les Mauvais Garçonnes (レ・モーヴェ・ギャルソンヌ) was Japanese cover rock band under the Giza Studio label in years 2001-2002.
