Yé-yé!: the girls of '60s & '70s French pop music

This delightfully illustrated exploration into '60s French pop, and the women who built it, reveals yé-yé music's hip sensuality, humor, style and wit. We hear from and about Françoise Hardy, France Gall, Brigitte Bardot, Sylvie Vartan and dozens of other modern Lolitas, and the recklessly naughty Serge Gainsbourg. Modern-day yé-yé avatar Lio has written the book's Foreword.| Yé-Yé means Yeah Yeah! and is best known as a style of '60s pop music heard in France and Québec. Contents 7 Foreword 10 Introduction 11 1. The 1960s 16 Panorama 16 2. Social Affairs 23 Ye-Ye Girls & Marriage 23 3. The Media 27 A General View 27 The Rock Papers 33 Television 34 4. The Four Aces of Hearts 40 France Gall 40 Francoise Hardy 58 Sylvie Vartan 70 Chantal Goya 79 5. Serge Gainsbourg's Filles de la Pop 85 From Literary Chanteur to Pop Entrepreneur 85 Intitials B.B. 88 Jane B.: Nationality: British Sex: Female 93 His Majesty Serge's Court of (Other) Favorites 110 6. More Pop Mademoiselles 113 Gillian Hills 113 Katty Line 119 Chantal Kelly 121 Cleo 123 Clothilde 124 7. Girl Bands 126 8. Francophile Filles 132 Petula Clark 132 Sandie Shaw 133 Marianne Faithfull 137 Nico 139 9. They Sang In French for a Season 141 Louise Cordet 141 Carol Friday 142 Astrud Gilberto 142 Mary Hopkin 143 Lulu 144 Sonny & Cher 144 Dusty Springfield 144 Dana Gillespie 145 Mary Roos 145 Jeanette 146 Claudine Longet 148 Joanna Shimkus 151 10. Funny Girls 152 Elizabeth 153 Christie Laume 154 Monique Thubert 155 Vetty 156 Natacha Snitkine 157 Caroline 158 11. Three or Four 45s I Know About Her 159 12. Close Encounters of the Pop Kind 170 Dani 170 Zouzou 174 Annie Philippe 178 Christine Pilzer 182 Laura Ulmer 186 Francoise Deldick 188 Pussy Cat 191 Stella 193 13. Psych & Folk Girls 198 Victoire Scott 198 Veronique Sanson 200 Catherine Lara 201 Julie Saget 202 Brigitte Fontaine 203 Claude Lombard 204 Sophie Makhno 205 Leonie 206 Ann Sorel 208 Anna St. Clair 209 Louise Forestier 210 Charlotte Leslie 212 Uta 213 Elisa 214 Ellen Le Roy 215 Genevieve Ferreri 216 Charlotte Walters 216 Jodie Foster 217 14. Eighties Girls (and One Man) 220 Lio 220 Jacques Duvall 225 Marie-France 227 Les Calamites 230 Niagara 233 Mikado/Pascale Borel 235 Elli & Jacno/Elli Medeiros 236 15. Modern Days 240 April March 240 Helena Noguerra 243 Stereo Total/Francoise Cactus 245 Bertrand Burgalat 246 Mareva Galenter 248 Conclusion 249 Select Discography 250 Bibliography 255 Acnowledgments 256 Y-Y is a delightful style of pop music featuring young female singers that influenced France and many other countries, as says Susan Sontag, with its particular camp style throughout the 1960s. Y-Y pop had secondary explosions in the 1970s and 1990s in Japan and Europe through the likes of Lio (who provides this books foreword), and in the United States through singers like April March, whose Y-Y number Chick Habit was heard in the Quentin Tarantino film Death Proof. Interest in Y-Y revived again recently during the fifth season of the mega-popular television series Mad Men, when Don Drapers young, sexy wife sang the Y-Y number Zou Bisou Bisou, originally made famous in the 1960s by blonde actress Gillian Hills. The most famous Y-Y practitioners include the glamorous Sylvie Vartan (married to rock star Johnny Hallyday), French lolita France Gall, beautiful actresses Brigitte Bardot and Chantal Goya, and the statuesque Franoise Hardy. This collection by French pop music expert Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe includes many interviews with the original singers and producers, visual excerpts of record covers, both 45s and LPs, and remarkable excerpts from a childrens fan diary of the period. Y-Y means Yeah Yeah and many music lovers are ready for an immersion in this beloved but little-known genre. This lavishly illustrated compendium is like a passport to another time and placea window into an era in which one could switch on the TV & see Bridget Bardot singing about Harley Davidson motorcycles while wearing thigh-high boots and a black leather mini-skirt. This book may well be the Bible of Y-Y . Boyd Rice The 1960s. Panorama Social affairs. Yé-Yé girls & marriage The media. A general view ; The rock papers ; Television The four aces of hearts. France Gall ; Françoise Hardy ; Sylvie Vartan ; Chantal Goya Serge Gainsbourg's filles de la pop. From literary chanteur to pop entrepreneur ; Initials B.B. ; Jane B.: nationality: British, sex: female ; His majesty Serge's court of (other) favorites More pop mademoiselles. Gillian Hills ; Katty Line ; Chantal Kelly ; Cléo ; Clothilde Girl bands. Francophile filles. Petula Clark ; Sandie Shaw ; Marianne Faithfull ; Nico They sang in French for a season. Louise Cordet ; Carol Friday ; Astrud Gilberto ; Mary Hopkin ; Lulu ; Sonny & Cher ; Dusty Springfield ; Dana Gillespie ; Mary Roos ; Jeanette ; Claudine Longet ; Joanna Shimkus Funny girls. Élizabeth ; Christie Laume ; Monique Thubert ; Vetty ; Natacha Snitkine ; Caroline Three or four 45s I know about her Close encounters of the pop kind. Dani ; Zouzou ; Annie Philippe ; Christine Pilzer ; Laura Ulmer ; Françoise Deldick ; Pussy Cat ; Stella Psych & folk girls. Victoire Scott ; Véronique Sanson ; Catherine Lara ; Julie Saget ; Brigitte Fontaine ; Claude Lombard ; Sophie Makhno ; Léonie ; Ann Sorel ; Anna St. Clair ; Louise Forestier ; Charlotte Leslie ; Uta ; Élisa ; Ellen Le Roy ; Genèvieve Ferreri ; Charlotte Walters ; Jodie Foster Eighties girls (and one man). Lio ; Jacques Duvall ; Marie-France ; Les Calamités ; Niagara ; Mikado/Pascale Borel Modern days. April March ; Helena Noguerra ; Stereo Total/Françoise Cactus ; Bertrand Burgalat ; Mareva Galenter. "Yé-Yé is a delightful style of pop music featuring young female singers that influenced France and many other countries, as says Susan Sontag, with its particular "camp" style throughout the 1960s. Yé-Yé pop had secondary explosions in the 1970s and 1990s in Japan and Europe through the likes of Lio (who provides this book's foreword), and in the United States through singers like April March, whose Yé-Yé number "Chick Habit" was heard in the Quentin Tarantino film Death Proof. Interest in Yé-Yé revived again recently during the fifth season of the mega-popular television series Mad Men, when Don Draper's young, sexy wife sang the Yé-Yé number "Zou Bisou Bisou," originally made famous in the 1960s by blonde actress Gillian Hills. The most famous Yé-Yé practitioners include the glamorous Sylvie Vartan (married to rock star Johnny Hallyday), French lolita France Gall, beautiful actresses Brigitte Bardot and Chantal Goya, and the statuesque Françoise Hardy."--Publisher description This delightfully illustrated exploration into ‘60s French pop, and the women who built it, reveals yé-yé music’s hip sensuality, humor, style and wit. We hear from and about Françoise Hardy, France Gall, Brigitte Bardot, Sylvie Vartan and dozens of other modern Lolitas, and the recklessly naughty Serge Gainsbourg. Modern-day yé-yé avatar Lio has written the book's Foreword. This delightfully illustrated exploration into ℗ѵ60s French pop, and the women who built it, reveals yé-yé music's hip sensuality, humor, style and wit. We hear from and about Françoise Hardy, France Gall, Brigitte Bardot, Sylvie Vartan and dozens of other modern Lolitas, and the recklessly naughty Serge Gainsbourg. Modern-day yé-yé avatar Lio has written the book's Foreword