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Eileen (singer)

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Eileen
Birth nameEileen Goldsen
Also known asEileen Robinson
Born (1941-05-16) 16 May 1941 (age 83)
New York City, U.S.
GenresPop, yé-yé
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, music publisher
Years active1964–1969, 1982

Eileen Goldsen (born May 16, 1941) is an American-born former pop singer, songwriter and music publisher, who has mainly worked and lived in France since the 1960s. Her recordings credit her mononymously as Eileen.

Biography

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She was born in New York City, the daughter of Mickey Goldsen (1912–2011), a music publisher who founded the Criterion Music Corporation.[1] Eileen Goldsen studied languages, including French, at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 1963. The following year, she settled in Paris, France, initially working as a teacher, and was asked to translate American folk songs into French. Lucien Morisse, director of the radio station Europe 1, suggested she make recordings of her own songs, and she found some success with her songs "Prends ta guitare" and "Une grenouille dans le vent", issued on the AZ label and credited simply to Eileen. In 1965, she married producer and songwriter Jacques Robinson.[2][3]

In early 1966, she recorded versions of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" – a song published by her father's company – in English, French ("Ces bottes sont faites pour marcher"), German ("Die Stiefel sind zum Wandern") and Italian ("Questi stivali sono fatti per camminare"). Her session musicians included American guitarist Mickey Baker. Although the recordings were promoted on TV programmes and had some success, they lost out commercially to Nancy Sinatra's original recording. In April 1966 she was included in Jean-Marie Périer's photograph of 46 yé-yé and other French pop singers known as "La Photo du siècle". She also recorded an English version of Sinatra's follow-up record, "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?", and a version of "Love Is Strange", originally recorded in 1956 by Baker with Sylvia Robinson as Mickey and Sylvia. She continued to record in France until 1969, when she gave up recording until a brief comeback in 1982.[2][3]

She founded a music publishing company, French Fried Music, in Paris.[4]

List of Songs

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This is a list of her songs sung in the various languages. Given is also the composer and the texter. Source is [1]

Song in English language Song in French language Song in German language Song in Italian language year Other
Bring your guitar
Eileen
Prends Ta Guitare
fr. text: Eileen
Nimm die Gitarre
ge. text: Ria Bartok
Suona Chitarra
it. text: D.R.
1966
Everybody's Talking
Fred Neil
- - - ?
Hard times [2]
Mickey Baker
- - - 1968
How Does That Grab You?
Lee Hazlewood
- Das wird mir nicht mal leid tun
ge. text: Loose
- 1966
These Boots Are Made For Walking
Lee Hazlewood
Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher
fr. text: Eileen
Die Stiefel sind zum Wandern
ge. text: Bert Reisfeld
Questi stivali sono fatti per camminare
it. text: Pallavicini, Parigi
1966
Love Is Strange
Bo Diddley
- - - 1966
Summer Loves True
Don Paul, Mickey Baker
Le Parfum Des Bois
fr. text: Eileen, André Salvet
- - 1966
- Au Revoir
Eileen, Pierre Barouh
- - 1965
- Dépêche toi Baby
(=Hurry On Down)
Eileen, Martine Habib, Nellie Lutcher
- - 1969
- Est-Ce Un Fantôme ?
(=A Windmill in Old Amsterdam)
Eileen, Myles Rudge, Ted Dicks
- - 1966
- Galactic Fred
(=Fred vom Jupiter)
fr. text: E. Chamussy; Dorau, Maurischat
- - 1982
- Je Cherche Un Coin De Terre
(=?)
Eileen; Mike Settle
- - 1966
- José Disait
(=?)
Eileen, André Salvet; Bert Russell
- - 1965
- L'universite
Eileen
- - 1964
- La P'tite Flûte
Eddy Marnay, Emil Stern
- - 1969
- La ville ne dort jamais la nuit
(=The City Never Sleeps at Night)
Eileen; Lee Hazlewood
- - 1966
- Le Lady Scott
Eileen, Martine Habib
- - 1969
- Le Métro De Boston
(=M.T.A.)
Eileen; Jacqueline Steiner, Bess Lomax Hawes
- - 1964
- Le Skip
Eileen, Jacques Chaumelle
- - 1965
- Les Pigeons
Eileen, Billy Bridge
- - 1967
- Midi C'est L'heure De Manger
Eileen, Georges Cockenzie
- - 1969
- Mississipi Woman [Elle Attend Son Capitaine]
Eileen, Georges Chatelain
- - 1969
- Mon Enfant Qui Dort
Eileen, Martine Habib
- - 1970
- Mon Frère Le Poisson
Eileen
- - 1966
- Ne Condamnez Pas Ce Beau Garçon
Michel Jourdan; Jonathan Peel, Richard Kerr
- - 1967
- Ni Jamais
(=So Long Babe)
Eileen, Jean-Michel Rivat; Lee Hazlewood
- - 1966
- Oklahoma Hills
(french)
Eileen; Jack Guthrie, Woody Guthrie
- - 1964
- Pourqui Coulera La Fontaine
Charles Level
- - 1967
- Texas
(=?)
Eileen, Jean-Michel Rivat; Lee Hazlewood
- - 1966
- Tout Le Monde Est Fou
(=Lookin' out My Back Door)
Eileen; John Fogerty
- - 1970
- Une Grenouille Dans Le Vent
Eileen
- - 1965
- Vive La Société
(=Ain't Society Great ?)
Eileen, Martine Habib; Bobby Russell, Jerry Allison
- - 1969
- - Teenage summer
Sonneborn, Montague, Horn
- 1966
- - - Ragazzo
it. text: Eileen; Claudio, Bonfanti
?

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