Have you wondered what it’s like, a crooner without the big band, without the orchestra, without the tuxedo and the bow tie? What is it like, a crooner removed from Las Vegas – or at least all the silky pageantry of romantic and manly songwriting?
It looks like this. Just a guitar, a beautiful brassy voice and – in this case – a song with satin splendor. It is All the rain falls on me sung by Kent.
In this episode of These crooners who make parties, you hear excerpts from:
Kent, All the rain falls on me, 2020
Sacha Distel, All the rain falls on me, 1970
BJ Thomas, Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head, 1969
The Grand Orchestra of Paul Mauriat, All the rain falls on me, 1970
Starshooter, Get Baque, 1978
Katerine, Francis and his Painters, All the rain falls on me, 2010
Dany Brillant, Philippe Lellouche, Emmanuel Moire, All the rain falls on me, 2013
Kent, All the rain falls on me, 2020
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Remember: during the summer of 2019, La Playlist de Françoise Hardy was a journey through the musical baggage of an author, composer and performer considered to be the arbiter of the elegance of pop in France.
In July and August 2017, we spent Un été en Souchon, during which Alain Souchon guided us on a tasty walk through a lifetime of love for song.