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Music: the story of the song Le Sud by Nino Ferrer
Music: the story of the song Le Sud by Nino Ferrer
(France 2)
In February 1975, a song invaded the musical space. With “Le Sud”, Nino Ferrer, who had been known for a little over ten years, had just signed his biggest success.
In 1975, Nino Ferrer was already 41 years old. We had known him for a little over ten years. First with “To forget that we loved each other”but especially with “Mirza”. A song that will make him enter a vein of success based on comic-absurd lyrics, but which will make Nino Ferrer a major singer of the yéyé period. To the delight of his producers. But to the great despair of the French artist.
Nino Ferrer compose “The South” which he recorded with singer Radiah Frye. But once again, his record company demanded that he sing it in French. “South” will become the success that we know: a million 45s sold. But Nino Ferrer has a hard time taking this success. He only dreams of more ambitious and artistically more elaborate compositions.
