Rare footage of Georgie Fame performing on the West German music TV show, Beat! Beat! Beat! in 1967. (Update: replaced with better quality version from Youtube.)

I came across this great cover of the Georgie Fame classic 'Yeh Yeh' by Los Tres Sudamericanos, a 60s Paraguayan trio (two guys and one gal) who found success in Spain. I previously featured their version of 'The Girl From Ipanema'.

1. Los Tres Sudamericanos - Yeh Yeh (1965)
   
2. Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh (1965)
   

Links: Georgie Fame, 'Yeh Yeh' @ songfacts.com, Los Tres Sudamericanos (bio in Spanish and a gallery of record sleeves).

I think I've hit on a plan to let me keep blogging without exhausting myself and then subsequently losing interest. I'm going to keep things as simple as possible with just pictures and the song and probably not  buying links, although I feel a bit guilty leaving those out. But you should be able to find any albums from the vendors in my sidebar. If you've searched high and low and can't find where to buy something, you can always ask and I'll help you out.

Please use the comments section to ask me any questions. I've taken down my email address, but if you still have it, please don't use it to ask me questions you can easily find answers for on a search engine. I'm also unable to send out anything individually, even for a trade. Nor am I taking requests or band submissions. Unless you're a band in my myspace friends and you want to send me free stuff? Eh? Eh? Can't blame a girl for trying.

I'm excited to be adding Radioblog*, which I discovered on the gorgeous blog Pop 'N Cherries. I've been trying to find a free way to do something like this for ages, but had no luck so it's a happy discovery indeed. This is my exception to my no requests policy; you can ask me to post an mp3 if you like anything on there. And I'm hoping that will make the blog a little more interactive and I'll get some more feedback on what people like. Remember, feedback keeps your widdle bloggers happy and makes them want to go on! Even just a 'thanks' or 'you rule the school' or even 'you suck!' (no just kidding, please don't) is great to hear.

I did think of starting up a forum where readers of this blog and the others that post French 60s stuff regularly could talk about what they love and any new discoveries, or trade stuff, but again I'd be biting off a bit more than I can chew. But for anyone who'd be interested in such an idea, please join the last.fm groups I have, French 60s and Ye-Ye Girls and maybe you could liven those up a bit. Even if you don't use the other last.fm features, the forums have the potential to be a great meeting place for fans.

And don't forget Spiked-Candy Last.fm Radio is still chugging away, churning out lots of aural treats and free to listen to. If the player has let you down before, try the beta for the upcoming release. As long as you have a decent connection, it should work a charm. And I know the 2 separate downloads for the Audioscrobbler plug-in and the Last.fm player are confusing to some; this download has them both in one and guides you through everything you need to do.

Merci, and I'll be back with some tunes very soon :).

Credit: Picture of France Gall, Johnny Hallyday et al from Douce France... Gall

*Songs I posted on Radioblog are now in this 8tracks playlist:

Pop-up player | 8tracks tips | Alternate link

Well, it was bound to happen that I'd get sick of posting the 'Poupée De Cire...' covers long before I'd run out of them! So I'm offloading the lot of them to you at once. I've grouped them into 3 zip files, as well as an extra zip file of the best ones for anyone who doesn't want to download them all.

Update: I've put them all up to stream here:

Poupées de son: HTML5 | Flash

Credits: Image from Douce France... Gall.

Some of the posts from Poupées de son, a feature originally posted in the sidebar:

Fumie Hosokawa - Yumemiru Chanson Ningyo

Buy: Gainsbourg: Made In Japan

(Pic credit: Last.FM)

(Pic credit: Last.FM)

Gal Costa - Desafinado (Índia, 1973)

I've had my lazy day, now it's time for you Northern Hemisphere-ers to lounge around. Allow me to provide your soundtrack. Night-night.

1. Raquel Ye-Go - Acerca Tu Carita
2. Raquel Ye-Go - Viva El Amor

Thanks to Raymondo for these tracks by Venezuelan singer Raquel Castaño (stage name Raquel Ye-Go), from her album 'Cuento Ye-Ye'. You'll have to turn the volume way up on your player/speakers as the sound's very low on these files [Sound has now been boosted].

Raquel's another tough one to find anything out about without first becoming multi-lingual. I did find out from imdb.com that she got her start in music on Venezuelan music TV shows. This page of photos includes some shots from her TV appearances. [Update: Archived version with thumbnails only. Site is now gone, as RCTV was shut down.]