The Good Old Times / Le Bon Vieux Temps ........ (259)

If those selections were meant for me... oh mon Dieux!
I remember a few that I really liked, like Eddie Mitchel and his versions of all of Chuck Berry and Little Richard's songs; Johnny Halliday did the ones from Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis...I had quite a few of their albums. Some American friends just stared open mouthed at hearing those songs in French! They were great.
The first singer I remember hearing was Edith Piaf. My mother took me to one of her performances and I certainly remember her song of the war in Algeria...Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien...it played day and night on the radio...dedicated to the Legion Etranger as Paris braced for their paras to drop and get rid of De Gaulle...Our neighbors were recently arrived "Pieds-Noirs" from Algerie, they were for the Armee Secret and against Algerian independence. "OAS" was spray painted everywhere on walls...I think I still have a copy of France-Soir announcing Algerian Independence on the front page...so many people wanted the entire French Army to mutiny and join the Legion and the OAS...when I visited our home for the last time in "69, I was still able to see OAS on some walls and my favourite Cafe's Jukebox still had the old Chuck Berry and Elvis records in it...seemed as though Time had stopped in some ways; wish it had...My mother couldn't wait ti sell our house and all contents went to auction...I'm lucky to have grabbed what I could when I found out, as I was living in Munchen at the time.
She never even considered giving me the house...she couldn't wait ti leave France after her mother died. There went the only roots I ever had. Merde.
Now, at long last, your turn, tell me about yourself, please... No more about me; I'm dull, boring, etc. etc. etc.