<div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div>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.</div><div>by the way, the passing of Bechet made the national news, as did the death of Jack Teagarden and Billie Holiday.</div><div>Cheers <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 at 23:07, Bert <<a href="mailto:mister_bertje@hotmail.com">mister_bertje@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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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<div id="gmail-m_-3452791604264091147divRplyFwdMsg" 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="gmail-m_-3452791604264091147x_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="gmail-m_-3452791604264091147x_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="gmail-m_-3452791604264091147x_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="gmail-m_-3452791604264091147x_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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