un cadeau de noël pour vous

This is kind of a Christmas post, though there is no festive-themed music to be found within. Instead, I wanted to ...

france gall photos, 1964-1971

Here are twenty-four photos of the lovely France Gall, spanning 1964 to 1971, from my collection of vintage ...

adieu, johnny

Photo: Mademoiselle Age Tendre , November 1969. Johnny Hallyday 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017 French pop has lost ...

je suis une idole dorée

Johnny Hallyday - Le Mauvais Rêve ( Les Poneyttes , 1967) Here's a scene from a 1967 French film, Les ...

françoise hardy's hit parade, 1966

While flipping through my collection of vintage French magazines the other day, I came across an interesting little ...

from 1974: 50 albums you can't live without

You might not expect to find a decent music guide in a 70s teen girl magazine, but that's exactly what I came ...

party like it's 1789

Sylvie Vartan - L'Ami des mauvais jours (1965) Or 1965, at least. For Bastille Day, what could I post but a French ...

the elusive mademoiselle kelly

(Click pic for full size)   Chantal Kelly - Caribou (1966) Considering April March's version of 'Caribou' is a ...

soyons sages

  France Gall - Soyons Sages (1964) Apologies for my long absence. My ME/CFS is always extremely debilitating, ...