We often talk about Julien Clerc’s vibrato and treble, but he also knows how to land there, in the grave tone of a crooner who creates a romantic atmosphere and who knows that he will go up from verse to verse.
This song is called Foggy day and his lyrics are by Jean-Loup Dabadie, who couldn’t resist the pleasure of talking about “London Town”, because the melody is immediately recognizable – it’s A Foggy Day in London Town, a title by George and Ira Gershwin which is, it must be said, one of the greatest classics in the history of sentimental song.
Thanks to the talent of franceinfo technicians, we will travel through the prestigious history of this song over sixty years from its creation by Fred Astaire in 1937 with successively Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, George Benson and David Bowie .
In this episode of These crooners who make parties, you hear excerpts from:
Julien Clerc, Foggy day, 2003
Fred Astaire, A Foggy Day, 1937
Ella Fitzgerald, A Foggy Day, 1956
Louis Armstrong, A Foggy Day, 1956
Billie Holiday, A Foggy Day, 1957
Judy Garland, A Foggy Day, 1961
George Benson, A Foggy Day, 1965
David Bowie, A Foggy Day, 1998
Frank Sinatra, A Foggy Day, 1953
Frank Sinatra, Face The Music And Dance, 1960
Julien Clerc, Let the music and dance, 2003
Julien Clerc and Véronique Sanson, Let’s fly to the moon 2003
Frank Sinatra, Fly Me To The Moon, 1964
Julien Clerc, Foggy day, 2003
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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.