Douce France - Charles Trenet - Live with English Subtitles - First recorded in 1947.

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DOUCE FRANCE:
Douce France was created by Charles Trenet and composed with Léo Chauliac in 1943. He performed it the same year at the Folies Bergères where its refrain was taken up by the public as an act of resistance. It was recorded in 1947
CHARLES TRENET:
Charles Trenet 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a French singer-songwriter, who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than sixty years. Trenet's best-known songs include "Boum!": Video link: https://youtu.be/PDDMs9I51WY , "La Mer", "Y'a d'la joie", "Que reste-t-il de nos amours?": Video link: https://youtu.be/CcYwqvVJUXg , "Ménilmontant" and "Douce France".Trenet first arrived in Paris in the 1930s. From 1933 to 1936, he worked with the Swiss pianist Johnny Hess as a duo known as Charles and Johnny. They performed at various Parisian venues.The duo continued until 1936 when Trenet was called up for national service. He received the nickname that he would retain all his life: "Le Fou chantant" (The Singing Madman). At the start of World War II, Trenet was called up. Like many other artists of the time, he chose to go on entertaining the occupying forces rather than sacrifice his career. He agreed, when asked by the Germans, to go and sing for the French prisoners-of-war in Germany. After the end of hostilities, he moved to the United States where he lived for a few years and where he quickly became a success. After a few concerts at the Bagdad in New York City, Trenet became a big hit. In 1954, Trenet returned to Paris. His new successes like Nationale 7 reinforce his notoriety. Other great songs date from the 1950s: "La Folle Complainte", "Moi, j'aime le music-hall" and "L'âme des poètes".In the early 1960s, with the yéyé wave, Charles Trenet became rarer on stage. He recorded his last song "Les poètes descendent dans la rue" in the studio on March 5, 1999.
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