Françoise Hardy (1963 album)
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Françoise Hardy is the second studio album of the French popular singer Françoise Hardy. Released in October 1963 in France, on LP, Disques Vogue (FH 1). Like of Hardy's earlier album, it was released with no title, except for her name on the cover but this album has therefore colloquially become known by the title of its most successful song, "Le Premier Bonheur du jour" ("The First Day Happiness").
The Brazilian band Os Mutantes covered the song "Le premier bonheur du jour" on their debut 1968 album, Os Mutantes. Le premier bonheur du jour is also on the 2014 album Dream a Little Dream by Pink Martini and The von Trapps.
Track listing
Except as noted, lyrics and music were written by Françoise Hardy.
- "Le Premier Bonheur du jour" – 1:53
Lyrics by: Franck Gérald
Music written by: Jean Renard - "Va pas prendre un tambour" – 2:50
Lyrics by: Maurice Vidalin
Music written by: Jacques Dutronc - "Saurai-je?" – 2:05
- "Toi je ne t'oublierai pas" – 2:24
Lyrics by: André Salvet and Claude Carrère
Music written by: Jean-Pierre Bourtayre - "Avant de t'en aller" – 1:57
Original title: "Think About It"
Lyrics and music by: Paul Anka
First performed by: Paul Anka, 1963
French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy - "Comme tant d'autres" – 2:35
- "J'aurais voulu" – 2:10
- "Nous tous" – 1:43
- "L'Amour d'un garçon" – 2:10
Original title: "The Love of a Boy"
Lyrics by: Hal David
Music written by: Burt Bacharach
First performed by: Timi Yuro, 1962[1]
French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy - "Le sais-tu ?" – 1:44
- "L'Amour ne dure pas toujours" – 1:45
- "On dit de lui" – 2:42’’
Original title: "It's Gonna Take Me Some Time"
Lyrics and music written by: Christopher, Sterling, Temkin
First performed by: Connie Francis, 1962[2]
French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy[3]
Editions
LP records: first editions in anglosphere
Canada, 1964: Trans-Canada Record/Disques Vogue (FH 1).
United Kingdom, 1964: In Vogue, Pye Records (NPL 18099).
South Africa, 1965: Disques Vogue (VGL 7004).
Reissues on CD
France, 1996: Disques Vogue/Sony/BMG (7 43213 80032).- France, 2014: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, RDM Edition (CD687).
USA, 16th October, 2015: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 615).
Reissue on 180g Vinyl
- USA, January 2016: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FH 1)-(FDR 615).
Notes and references
- ^ Published as a single, SP Liberty Records US (55519), 1962; collected on LP The Best of Timi Yuro, Liberty Records US (7286), 1963, CD The Best of Timi Yuro, EMI Records US (0777-7-80182-23), 1996.
- ^ SP MGM (1165), 1962 – LP Sings for Mama, MGM (SE-4294), 1965.
- ^ In-between, an instrumental version was recorded by the quintet Les Cyclones: EP Vogue (EPL 8117),1962 (their first 45 was recorded in 1961 under the name El Toro et les Cyclone; the group was then a quartet with guitarist Jacques Dutronc).
