Le Premier Rendez-Vous - Rose Avril (1941)
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Today is Valentine's Day - so I would like to present a song from France and one from Germany.
The French song is "Le premier rendez-vous" (Her first rendez-vous) which was originally sung by Danielle Darrieux in the 1941 movie "Le Premier Rendez-Vous". Produced by Continental Films it was an enormous hit during the German occupation....
Danielle Darrieux recorded "Premier Rendez-Vous" for Polydor and many different recorded versions exist. The song was usually recorded by singers with higher pitched voices. Rose Avril - whose voice was considerably deeper - recorded her version for Pathé in 1941.
Rose Avril started her recording career around 1938 and became a popular singer during the second world war recording "exotic" titles such as "Querida", "La Morena" (both Paso Doblés),chansons like "Le premier rendez-vous" and some (4) French versions of Zarah Leander songs (See my channel for "Chaque soir j'attends l'amour/Jede nacht ein neues Glück"). After the war she continued her career succesfully but withdrew from show business in 1958. She retired to the Côte d'Azur, where she died - too young - in 1973.
The video's theme is "love" and features old postcards which seem to fit the video very well...
The German song is the tango "Schön ist die Nacht"
• Kurt Widmann - Schön ist die Nacht (1940)
About the record :
Pathé PA 2033 / mx. CPT 5344-1
Recorded 1941
The record is in very good condition, but produces quite a lot of surface noise - not unusual for wartime pressings.
Equipment used:
Turntable : Stanton T90
Stylus : Grado 78c
Terratec Phono Preamp