Françoise Hardy (1963 album)
| Le premier bonheur du jour | ||||
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| Released | October 1963 (France) | |||
| Recorded | Studio Vogue Villetaneuse, France | |||
| Genre | French pop | |||
| Length | 26:00 | |||
| Language | French | |||
| Label | Disques Vogue | |||
| Producer | Jacques Wolfsohn | |||
| Françoise Hardy chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 English cover (1964) | ||||
Françoise Hardy is the second studio album of the French popular singer Françoise Hardy, released in October 1963 on LP by French label Disques Vogue (FH 1). She was accompanied by the Marcel Hendrix Orchestra.[1] Like Hardy's previous album, the album was released with no title, except for her name on the cover; as such, album colloquially become known by the title of its most successful song, "Le Premier Bonheur du jour" ("The First Joy of the Day").
"Le premier bonheur du jour" was covered by Brazilian band Os Mutantes on their debut 1968 album, and decades later on the 2014 album Dream a Little Dream by Pink Martini and The von Trapps.
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Françoise Hardy; all music is composed by Françoise Hardy, except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Le premier bonheur du jour" | Franck Gérald | Jean Renard | 1:53 |
| 2. | "Va pas prendre un tambour" | Maurice Vidalin | Jacques Dutronc | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Saurai-je?" | 2:05 | ||
| 4. | "Toi je ne t'oublierai pas" | André Salvet, Claude Carrère | Jean-Pierre Bourtayre | 2:24 |
| 5. | "Avant de t'en aller" (original title: "Think About It"[2]) | Paul Anka | 1:57 | |
| 6. | "Comme tant d'autres" | 2:35 | ||
| 7. | "J'aurais voulu" | 2:10 | ||
| 8. | "Nous tous" | 1:43 | ||
| 9. | "L'Amour d'un garçon" (original title: "The Love of a Boy"[3]) | Burt Bacharach | 2:10 | |
| 10. | "Le sais-tu?" | 1:44 | ||
| 11. | "L'amour ne dure pas toujours" | 1:45 | ||
| 12. | "On dit de lui" (original title: "It's Gonna Take Me Some Time"[4]) | Don Stirling, Harold Temkin | 2:42 | |
| Total length: | 25:58 | |||
Editions
[edit]LP records: first editions in the English-speaking world
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Canada, 1964: Trans-Canada Record/Disques Vogue (FH 1).
United Kingdom, 1964: In Vogue, Pye Records (NPL 18099).
South Africa, 1965: Disques Vogue (VGL 7004).
France, 1996: Disques Vogue/Sony/BMG (7 43213 80032).- France, 2014: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, RDM Edition (CD687).
USA, 16 October 2015: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 615).
Reissue on 180g Vinyl
[edit]- USA, January 2016: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FH 1)-(FDR 615).
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ Song written and recorded by Paul Anka in 1963.
- ^ Song written by Hal David and recorded by Timi Yuro in 1962.
- ^ Song written by Don Christopher and recorded by Connie Francis in 1962.
