Becaud Gilbert: 25 Canzoni in Italiano, Francese e Inglese - CD

The album commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the death of the popular French singer. The album features fourteen of his greatest hits, sung in Italian, as well as eleven French and English rarities as an encore.

Gilbert Becaud was a French singer-songwriter, pianist and also an actor. In his childhood he played the piano, and later began to write for Marie Bizet. Edith Piaf made him sing. He appeared as a singer in 1953 in the recordings Mes Mains and Les Croix, and began performing a year later. His career spanned an impressive fifty years. He was famous for his energetic performance, for which he was nicknamed "Mr. 100,000 volts". Among Gilbert Becaud's most famous compositions are the songs Nathalie and Et Maintenant. Many of his songs were made famous by others - Elvis Presley, Sonny & Cher, Marlene Dietrich, Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra and Neil Diamond.

Year of publication: 2016 (compilation)

Playlist

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Quando mori il poeta (Quand il est mort le poete) / L' importante e la rosa (L' important c' est la rose) / Se ritornassi (Si je m' en reviens au pays) / La Vela Bianca (Le bateau blanc) / Io t' amo (It is t' aime) / Son tornato da te (Je reviens te chercher) / Charlie (Charlie t' iras pas au paradis) / La quinta stagione (La cinquieme saison) / Tonina, la zia e i fiori (Les cerisiers sont blancs) / Toi (version italienne) / Morire a Capri (Mourir a Capri) / Bagno di mezzanotte (Le bain de minuit) / Come un bambino (Je t' appartiens) / Kyrie (version italienne) / Et maintenant (Remasterisé en 2016) / Quand il est mort le poete (Remasterisé en 2016) / L' important c' est la rose (Remasterisé en 2016) / Je t' appartiens (Nouvelle Version) [Remasterisé en 2016] / Je reviens te chercher (Remasterisé en 2016) / Les cerisiers sont blancs (Remasterisé en 2016) / Le bain de minuit (Remasterisé en 2016) / What Now My Love (Version de 1975) / The Girls of the Summer (Quand il est mort le poete) / Let It Be Me (Je t' appartiens) [1975 Version] / A Little Love and Understanding (Un peu d' amour et d' amitié)