Grab some rock, throw in some jazz and Podcast No. 9 is ready to go! Gillian Hills is having boy trouble again (see how she gets when that happens?), and César et ses Romains are keeping a steady retro beat. Then, there’s April March and Marie Laforêt for the rockers, and Blossom Dearie and Christiane Legrand for the jazz fans.

Playlist
Gillian Hills – Maintenant il téléphone
César et ses Romains – Kouchi kouchi kou
April March – Tu mens
Marie Laforêt – Marie douceur, Marie colère
Blossom Dearie (Les Blue Stars) – Embrasse-moi bien
Christiane Legrand – Maldonne

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Radio Oh la la has recently become a member of IORSN, the Independent Online Radio Station Network.

New music has been added by Elsa, Camille, Les Sultans and Les Lutins.

Claude François, French singer of Egyptian origin, sung great numbers like the disco hit ‘Alexandrie, Alexandra’, covers such as ‘Dis lui’ (Tell him) and is revered for his ballad ‘Comme d’habitude’, which was turned into ‘My Way’ by Paul Anka for Frank Sinatra et al. The latter is featured in the French film Podium, starring Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde, who plays a Claude François imitator. The really cool thing about ‘Comme d’habitude’ is that it was once performed as a duet with Petula Clark on television, but in the film, they remove Petula, add the imitator and mix the song so that both Claudes are singing the duet.

Yes, Claude François is kitschy and deceased, but still has a major following. In the film, the actors join in an actual procession to commemorate his death.