It all started like this: in 1936, Jean Sablon sang You who pass without seeing me and we in France are entering another universe. Moreover, if we are going to spend these winter holidays walking in the world of sweet and romantic song, it is because a crooner gives us a feeling of comfort, softness, warmth when listening – something like woolen socks under a blanket in front of the fireplace …
And so it begins with this song – and a few others – that Jean Sablon sings into a microphone at the Mogador theater. Loudspeakers on a stage, it is obviously scandalous since we are in France and, systematically, there is someone to say that before it was better. Well no, before, it was not better …
In this episode of These crooners who make parties, you hear excerpts from:
Jean Sablon, You who pass without seeing me, 1936
Polin, The Little Object, 1911
Fred Gouin, Ramona, 1928
Frank Sinatra, It Might As Well Be Spring, [1945
Jean Sablon, It’s spring, 1952
Johnny Mathis, It Might As Well Be Spring, 1956
Line Renaud, You who pass without seeing me, 1956
Nat King Cole, You who pass without seeing me, 1964
Louis Chedid, You who pass without seeing me, 2008
Marcel Amont, You who pass without seeing me, 1987
Jean Sablon, You who pass without seeing me, 1936
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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.