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Françoise Hardy (1963 album)

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Released
  
October 1963 (France)

Language
  
French

Artist
  
Françoise Hardy

Label
  
Disques Vogue

Length
  
26:00

Producer
  
Jacques Wolfsohn

Release date
  
October 1963

Genre
  
French popular music

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Recorded
  
Studio Vogue Villetaneuse, France

Le premier bonheur du jour (1963)
  
Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano (1963)

Similar
  
Françoise Hardy albums, Other albums

Françoise Hardy is the second studio album of the French popular singer Françoise Hardy, released in October 1963 on LP by French label Disques Vogue (FH 1). Like of Hardy's earlier album, the album was released with no title, except for her name on the cover, and this album colloquially become known by the title of its most successful song, "Le Premier Bonheur du jour" ("The First Joy of the Day").

Contents

The Brazilian band Os Mutantes later covered "Le premier bonheur du jour" on their debut 1968 album, and decades lateron the 2014 album Dream a Little Dream by Pink Martini and The von Trapps.

Track listing

Except as noted, lyrics and music were written by Françoise Hardy.

  1. "Le Premier Bonheur du jour" – 1:53
    Lyrics by: Franck Gérald
    Music written by: Jean Renard
  2. "Va pas prendre un tambour" – 2:50
    Lyrics by: Maurice Vidalin
    Music written by: Jacques Dutronc
  3. "Saurai-je?" – 2:05
  4. "Toi je ne t'oublierai pas" – 2:24
    Lyrics by: André Salvet and Claude Carrère
    Music written by: Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
  5. "Avant de t'en aller" – 1:57
    Original title: "Think About It"
    Lyrics and music by: Paul Anka
    First performed by: Paul Anka, 1963
    French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy
  6. "Comme tant d'autres" – 2:35
  7. "J'aurais voulu" – 2:10
  8. "Nous tous" – 1:43
  9. "L'Amour d'un garçon" – 2:10
    Original title: "The Love of a Boy"
    Lyrics by: Hal David
    Music written by: Burt Bacharach
    First performed by: Timi Yuro, 1962
    French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy
  10. "Le sais-tu ?" – 1:44
  11. "L'Amour ne dure pas toujours" – 1:45
  12. "On dit de lui" – 2:42’’
    Original title: "It's Gonna Take Me Some Time"
    Lyrics and music written by: Christopher, Sterling, Temkin
    First performed by: Connie Francis, 1962
    French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy

LP records: first editions in the English-speaking world

  •  Canada, 1964: Trans-Canada Record/Disques Vogue (FH 1).
  •  United Kingdom, 1964: In Vogue, Pye Records (NPL 18099).
  •  South Africa, 1965: Disques Vogue (VGL 7004).

    • Reissues on CD

  •  France, 1996: Disques Vogue/Sony/BMG (7 43213 80032).
  •  France, 2014: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, RDM Edition (CD687).
  •  USA, 16th October, 2015: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 615).

    • Reissue on 180g Vinyl

  •  USA, January 2016: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FH 1)-(FDR 615).

    • Songs

    1Le premier bonheur du jour1:53
    2Va pas prendre un tambour2:50
    3Saurai-je2:05

    References

    Françoise Hardy (1963 album) Wikipedia
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