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From: Artie Wayne
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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:06:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Artie Wayne
Subject: french recordings
Bonjour Spectropoppers, comment allez-vous? I've really enjoyed
your posts on French recordings. I've been a fan of them and
aware of the large market in France since I had a top ten hit
as a writer with "Excuse me Lady" [Wayne] by Joe Dassin.
It always disturbed me that so few original french records ever
became hits in the U.S. In 1968, on my first trip to MIDEM, the
music convention held annually in Cannes, my publishing partner,
Kelli Ross, and I picked up the U.S. sub-publishing rights for
"Je T'aime" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin and arranged for
Kelli's father, Irving Green, who owned Mercury/Smash records,
to release the master on one of his labels.
To my knowledge, it was one of the first french language records
to become a hit it the United States. I hear that a lot of radio
stations stopped playing it after the "racey" translation was
revealed.
If anyone can send me a copy in any form... I'd appreciate it.
Merci and regards,
Artie Wayne
http://artiewayne.com/
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