Of course, he has Sylvie, Françoise and Sheila. They are the ones we meet on the front page of Miss Tender Age in 1966. Michèle Torr is however, by far, the best singer of all. Timbre, power, elegance, it has everything except the sparkle of stars. Whatever she has sung in six decades, the performer with impeccable taste only knows how to embellish. The 465 titles in this case bear witness to this… discreetly. Above all, she was the one who spoke about people’s lives, simply and precisely, about adolescence (It’s hard to be 16) in middle age (take me dancing tonight). When she talks about the yéyé years, it’s almost from the outside (Discomotion, in 1979: “Sylvie, Johnny were my friends”). Often, it moves, where the friends-girlfriends of the twist shine. We will note the presence of our Donald Lautrec, the time of a duet for the very bad film The Devil loves jewelry. If you leave, in two versions, one of which is extremely rare. Even that is well done.
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