It’s Tino’s season. As time passes, we end up not remembering Tino Rossi except for Small Santa, whose statistics we reel at each approach of the end of the year celebrations: the hundreds of millions of French speakers moved by this song since December 1946, the tens of millions of copies sold of this song, in 78 rpm, 33 rpm, 45 tours, audio cassette, pre-recorded cartridge, CD, CD single, download, ringing tones, streaming … every possible way to sell music. And we gradually forget Tino Rossi, who we still remember that he was a great interpreter of Corsican romance.
In this episode of These crooners who make parties, you hear excerpts from:
Tino Rossi, Small Santa, 1946
Tino Rossi, Corsica island of love, 1934
Tino Rossi, Tchi tchi, 1936
Tino Rossi, A tango cries, 1934
Tino Rossi, We only love once, 1934
Tino Rossi, One day I will tell you, 1936
Florent Pagny, Small Santa, 2000
Frédéric François, Small Santa, 2014
Garou, Small Santa, 2014
Roberto Alagna, Small Santa, 2000
Tino Rossi, Small Santa, 1946
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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.