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Gainsbourg Percussions
''Gainsbourg Percussions'' is the sixth studio album by French musician Serge Gainsbourg, released in 1964. Gainsbourg reinvents his style with Latin, African, and Cuban influences. It would be his last album before 1968. Track listing "Joanna" is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's "Kiyakiya (Why Do You Run Away?)" from ''Drums of Passion'' LP (1959) "New York U.S.A." is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's "Akiwowo (Chant to the Trainman)" from ''Drums Of Passion'' (1959) "Marabout" is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's " Gin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums of Passion)" from ''Drums Of Passion'' LP (1959) "Pauvre Lola" contains an uncredited sample of Miriam Makeba's "Umqokozo (Children's Game Song About a New Red Dress)" from '' The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba'' LP (1962) Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. Musicians * Serge Gainsbourg – vocals * Alain Goraguer – musical direction, arrangements, orchestra conductor, piano * Christian Garros – drums * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians. His lyrical works incorporated Word play, wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than 1,000 times by diverse artists. Since his death from a second Myocardial infarction, heart attack in 1991, Gainsbourg's music has r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drums Of Passion
''Drums of Passion'' is an album produced by Babatunde Olatunji, a percussionist from Nigeria, in 1960. It was the first recording to popularize African music in the West, becoming immensely successful and selling over five million copies. In 2002, it was released as a single layer stereo and 5.1 SACD by Columbia Records. In 2004 the album was added to the National Recording Registry. "Jin-go-lo-ba" This was the most popular song on the album, and it sold millions of copies as a single. This simple exchange between the mother drum (iya ilu) and the baby drum omele became Babatunde's signature song. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (or "Jingo") has been covered by Serge Gainsbourg, under the title "Marabout" and with no credit given to Olatunji, on his album ''Gainsbourg percussions'' (1964); by Santana on their first album ''Santana'', (1969); by James Last on his album ''Voodoo-Party'' (1971); by Pierre Moerlen's Gong on the album '' Downwind'' (1979); by Candido Camero on his 1979 album ''Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s French-language Albums
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Albums
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France Gall
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French ''yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "", representing Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, Luxembourg. Later in her career, she worked with singer-songwriter Michel Berger, whom she married in 1976. Her most successful singles include "", "" and "". Early life Gall was born in Paris on 9 October 1947, to a highly musical family. Her father, the lyricist Robert Gall, wrote songs for Édith Piaf and Charles Aznavour. Her mother, Cécile Berthier, was a singer as well and the daughter of Paul Berthier, the co-founder of Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois. The only daughter of her family, France had two brothers: Patrice and Philippe. In spring 1963, Robert Gall encouraged his daughter to record songs and send the demos to the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Portal
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz". Early life Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 November 1935. His family was musical and there were several instruments in his house when he was growing up. His interest in jazz began after hearing it on the radio after World War II. He studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux. Later life and career Portal "gained experience in light music with the bandleaders Henri Rossotti and (in Spain in 1958) Perez Prado, as well as with the drummer Benny Bennett (1960), Raymond Fonsèque (1963), Aimé Barelli, and, for many years, the singer Claude Nougaro". Portal co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art. During 1969, Portal played on a recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's ''Aus den sieben Tagen''. Portal began scoring music for films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Gaudry
Michel Gaudry (23 September 1928 – 29 May 2019) was a French jazz double-bassist and World War II historian. Biography Michel Gaudry was born in Eu, France on 23 September 1928. He learned clarinet and piano as a child before switching to bass. Following studies at the Geneva Conservatory, he played with Michel Hausser, beginning his professional career in 1955. In the latter half of the 1950s he worked with Billie Holiday, Quentin Jackson, Carmen McRae, and Art Simmons. He was very active in the early 1960s, playing with Elek Bacsik, Kenny Clarke, Sonny Criss, Stephane Grappelli, Bud Powell, Stuff Smith, and Billy Strayhorn, as well as continuing a longtime slot as a member of Jack Diéval's group. In the 1970s, he played with Gérard Badini's group, Swing Machine, and was a regular performer at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice. In the 1980s he played with Jimmy Owens and Irvin Stokes. In his later life, he dedicated himself to the history of World War II occupation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Goraguer
Alain Goraguer (; 20 August 1931 – 13 February 2023) was a French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer. Goraguer was a composer/arranger of music for Serge Gainsbourg, Salvatore Adamo and Jean Ferrat, Serge Reggiani and Nana Mouskouri. In 1965 he was the orchestra conductor for Luxembourg's winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, " Poupée de cire, poupée de son". (Though it represented Luxembourg, the song had an entirely French creative team behind it, as it was sung by France Gall, written by Gainsbourg, and conducted by Goraguer.) He composed some or all of the music for films including '' La Planète Sauvage'' (1973), '' La Vie de bohème'' (1992), '' Deux jours à tuer'' (2008) and '' Saint Laurent'' (2014). Goraguer died on 13 February 2023, at the age of 91. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Many Voices Of Miriam Makeba
''The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba'' is a 1962 studio album of Miriam Makeba (LP Kapp KL1274). Track listing All tracks composed by Miriam Makeba; except where indicated #"Kilimanjaro (Hunting Song and Boot Dance)" ( Mackay Davashe, Tom Glazer) – 2:48 #"Zenizenabo (Courage Song for Warriors)" – 1:17 #"Ntjilo Ntjilo (Lullaby to a Child about a Little Canary)" – 2:23 #"Umqokozo (Children's game song About a new red dress)" – 2:05 #"Ngola Kurila (A Woman Pacifies Her Hungry Child. There Is Nothing to Eat)" – 3:13 #"Thanayi (Story song about a girl named Thanayi)" – 3:08 #"Liwa Wechi (Congolese Lament. The Wife Bids Her Husband Farewell As He Leaves For The Mines)" (Franco Luambo) – 2:49 #"Nagula (Witch Doctor Song)" – 1:36 #"Carnival (Theme from the Brazilian Movie ''Black Orpheus'')" (Luiz Bonfá) – 2:28 #"Night Must Fall (American)" (Bob Gordon, Priscilla Eaves) – 1:55 #"Love Tastes Like Strawberries (West Indian Ballad)" (Alma M. Saunders, B.J. Solomon) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin-go-lo-ba
"Jin-go-lo-ba" (or "Jingo") is a song by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, featured on his first album '' Drums of Passion'' (1959). In Yoruba (Olatunji's native language) it means, "Do not worry." The song featured "African-derived rhythms and chants" along with "swooping orchestration". In his autobiography, Olatunji said that this was the only song on his first album that he claimed formal ownership of, meaning that it was the only song he received royalties for. American disc jockey Francis Grasso described the song as "rhythmically sensual". Usage in media The Fatboy Slim version is featured on '' Just Dance'' (2009) and '' Just Dance: Greatest Hits'' (2012). It was also featured on '' Just Dance 3'' (2011) as a downloadable track for the Xbox 360 but became unavailable for purchase following the removal of most DLCs from the Xbox 360 Marketplace on August 20, 2023. Cover versions It has been covered by Serge Gainsbourg, under the title "Marabout" and with no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba ( , ; 4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including African popular music, Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Born in Johannesburg to Swazi people, Swazi and Xhosa people, Xhosa parents, Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father. She had a brief and allegedly abusive first marriage at the age of 17, gave birth to her only child in 1950, and survived breast cancer. Her vocal talent had been recognized when she was a child, and she began singing professionally in the 1950s, with the Cuban Brothers, the Manhattan Brothers, and an all-woman group, the Skylarks (South African vocal group), the Skylarks, performing a mixture of jazz, traditional African melodies, and Western popular music. In 1959, Makeba had a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
