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.
Michael Leslie Jones is an English musician,songwriter and record producer,best known as the founder and leader of the British-American rock band Foreigner. Prior to Foreigner,he was in the band Spooky Tooth.
Chantal de Guerre,known as Chantal Goya,is a French singer and actress.
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" is a popular song first recorded by Elvis Presley in 1957 for the soundtrack of his second motion picture,Loving You,during which Presley performs the song on screen. It was written by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe and published in 1957 by Gladys Music.
"If I Were a Carpenter" is a folk song written by Tim Hardin in the 1960s,and re-recorded with commercial success by various artists including Bobby Darin,The Four Tops and Johnny Cash. Hardin's own recording of the piece appeared on his 1967 album Tim Hardin 2. It was one of two songs from that release performed by Hardin at Woodstock in 1969. The song,believed by some to be about male romantic insecurity,is rumored to have been inspired by his love for actress Susan Morss,as well as the construction of Hardin's recording studio.
"Break It to Me Gently" is a pop song written by blues musician Joe Seneca with lyrics by Diane Lampert. Both Brenda Lee and Juice Newton were met with considerable success with their versions of the song.
"Rhythm of the Rain" is a song performed by The Cascades,released in November 1962. 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.
"Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" is a song written by Jeff Barry,Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. It first became a popular top five hit single for the American girl group the Crystals in 1963. American teen idol Shaun Cassidy recorded the song in 1977 and his version hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. There have also been many other cover versions of this song,including one by the songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich themselves,performing as the Raindrops.
"Hier encore",whose original French title translates to "Just yesterday" or "Not so long ago",is a song composed by Georges Garvarentz and written by Charles Aznavour and released in September 1964.
Carel Verbrugge,known as Willy Alberti,was a Dutch singer,who sang in Dutch and Italian. He was also an actor and a radio and TV personality.
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" is a 1963 single by Elvis Presley. It was written by Bill Giant,Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye and was published by Elvis Presley Music in June 1963. The song peaked at No. 3 in the US on the Billboard singles chart on August 10,1963,and No. 9 on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues singles chart,becoming his last top ten single on those charts. The single was certified "Gold" by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000 units in the US. The song also topped Japan's Utamatic record chart in the fall of 1963. In June 1963,when the song was debuted to a British audience on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury,celebrity guest John Lennon voted the song "a miss" stating on the new song that Elvis Presley was "like Bing Crosby now". The song went on to reach No. 1 in the UK for a single week.
"Isn't It Time" is a song that was performed by the English group The Babys in 1977 and was released on their album Broken Heart.
"Ya Ya" is a song by Lee Dorsey. The song was written by Dorsey,C. L. Blast,Bobby Robinson,and Morris Levy. Levy's participation in the writing has been called into question;the Flashback release of the single lists only Dorsey and Blast as writers,as do the liner notes to the American Graffiti soundtrack.
"Black Is Black" is a song by the Spanish rock band Los Bravos,released in 1966 as the group's debut single for Decca Records. Produced by Ivor Raymonde,it reached number two in the UK,number four in the US,and number one in Canada. With the recording's success,Los Bravos became the first Spanish rock band to have an international hit single. A dance remix was released as a single in 1986.
"Darlin'" is a song written in 1970 by English sax player Oscar Stewart Blandamer. It was first released under the title "Darling" by the British country band Poacher in 1978. It was later a chart hit for Frankie Miller and David Rogers. The track was subsequently recorded by numerous artists including Tom Jones,Barbara Mandrell,Smokie and Johnny Reid.
"I Love You Because" is a song written and recorded by country music singer-songwriter Leon Payne in 1949. The song has been covered by several artists throughout the years,including hit cover versions by Al Martino in 1963 and Jim Reeves in 1964.
"J'ai un problème" is a French language song,a duet by Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday. However,the single cover credited a shortened version of their name as Sylvie &Johnny.
"Ma guitare" is a song by French singer Johnny Hallyday from the 1963 film D'oùviens-tu Johnny? It was also released on a double A-side single.
"Un ami ça n'a pas de prix" is a song by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released on an EP titled "Johnny lui dit adieu / Un ami ça n'a pas de prix" in January 1965.
"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.
