[Dixielandjazz] Si Tu Vois Ma Mere

[Jean Marc Ternois]

Hello Bert,

Chris Barber made a big hit in France with Petite Fleur (Monty Sunshine)
maybe more than the Bechet's version. His version of "Si tu vois ma mère"
(Lonesome) was less successful.
The Bechet's success in France was very great and this beyond the Jazz
fans. There was a kind of love story between Sidney and the popular french
public. Sidney wrote many tunes according the "french taste"  during his
last years living in France.

I'm a big fan of Chris Barber, he was (and still is) one of my models when
I started on trombone in 1964 !   He is a very great trombone, I like his
playing.

Regards

Jean Marc

Le dim. 16 déc. 2018 à 22:11, Bert <mister_bertje at hotmail.com> a écrit :

> 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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