[Dixielandjazz] Si Tu Vois Ma Mere

[Marek Boym]

When Bob Wilber mentioned that Petit Fleur had unfortunately became so
popular in Europe not in the original, I could not believe it - in Israel
it was the Bechet recording which was played at practically every home
party, probably because itwas issued by an Israeli record company as a
single (the flip side was Dans les rues d'Antibbes).  I still have the
record, and play it regularly.
I those days we had three radio stations, two of which played popular
music: one had the Bechet version, and the other one - the Sunshine
recording.  I remember having the radio on all day long (well, there
unfortunately was school), not hearing anything they played, until they
reached Petit Fleur, the only jazz record regularly broadcast; the I'd stop
whatever I was doing at the moment for a few minutes, and then switched to
the other one.
by the way, the passing of Bechet made the national news, as did the death
of Jack Teagarden and Billie Holiday.
Cheers

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 at 23:07, Bert <mister_bertje at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Jean Marc,
>
> Many thankt for your help with the French situation and your knowledge of
> the song.
> In my country (Netherlands) it was a little different.
>
> Bechet's other composition that had been a big hit through the recording
> of Monty Sunshine with Chris Barber's Jazzband, was Petite Fleur, and
> reached #1 for several months in Holland, the year 1959.
> So the record company tried to duplicate this succes with a new recording
> of Si Tu Vois Ma Mere by Monty Sunshine. The first version was marred by a
> teriible out of tune guitar. Later there was a new version, where Chris
> Barber answered the clarinet with trombone, in place of the guitar.
> One of those records reached the #8 position in the Dutch charts, either
> 1960 or 1961.
>
> Bechet's version never was a hit in the Netherlands, due to the silly
> fact, that Holland had no hitparade at all in the early 1950's!
>
> Very kind regards,
>
> Bert Brandsma
>
> ------------------------------
> "I didn't know the word of "Mare" and the misunderstanding with the title
> "Si tu vois ma mère". It's very interesting ... and funny.
>
> For my part, what I can say is that the first time Sidney Bechet recorded
> this tune was in 1952
> This tune was a very big hit in France, many bands played it and nobody
> was singing it.
>
> So, according to the big success encountered, the recording company (I
> suppose) wanted someone to write lyrics (to make more money ?? :o)) ).
>
> Jean Broussolle was a singer who was a member of a vocal group well-known
> in France at that time, named "Les compagnons de la chanson" which made his
> debuts with Edith Piaf."
>
>
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