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Hello Jean Marc,</div>
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Many thankt for your help with the French situation and your knowledge of the song. </div>
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In my country (Netherlands) it was a little different. </div>
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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.</div>
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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,
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One of those records reached the #8 position in the Dutch charts, either 1960 or 1961. </div>
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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! </div>
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Very kind regards,</div>
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Bert Brandsma</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr">"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. </div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default">For my part, what I can say is that the first time Sidney Bechet recorded this tune was in 1952 </div>
<div class="x_gmail_default">This tune was a very big hit in France, many bands played it and nobody was singing it. </div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default">So, according to the big success encountered, the recording company (I suppose) wanted someone to write lyrics (to make more money ?? :o)) ).</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default">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."</div>
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