''La maison où j'ai grandi'' is a
studio album
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of French pop singer
Françoise Hardy. It was released in
France in November 1966, on
LP,
Disques Vogue
Disques Vogue was a jazz record company founded in France by Léon Cabat and Charles Delaunay in 1947, the year after the American Vogue label ceased.
They originally specialized in jazz, featuring American performers such as Sidney Bechet, D ...
/Vogue international industries (CLD 702-30). Published without title, except for the word ''Françoise'' on the cover, but has become known by the title of the most successful song on the album, "
La maison où j'ai grandi" ("The House where I Grew Up").
Track listing
Words and music were written by Françoise Hardy, except where noted. She is accompanied by the Johnny Harris orchestra.
[ Maison Ou J'ai Grandi – overview Allmusic. Accessed on line May 1, 2009.]
# "Je changerais d’avis" – 2:53
Original title: "Se telefonando"
Lyrics: Ghigo De Chiara, Maurizio Costanzo
Music written by:
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...
First sung by: Mina, 1966
French adaptation by:
Jacques Lanzmann
Jacques Lanzmann (4 May 1927 – 21 June 2006) was a French journalist, writer and lyricist. He is best known as a novelist and for his songwriting partnership with Jacques Dutronc.
Early life
Lanzmann spent the early part of his life in Auverg ...
and Françoise Hardy
# "Si c’est ça" – 2:09
# "Rendez-vous d’automne" – 2:40
Lyrics: Jean-Max Rivière
Music written by: Gérard Bourgeois
Accompanists:
Charles Blackwell orchestra.
# "Je serai là pour toi" – 2:24
# "Peut-être que je t’aime" – 2:12
# "Il est des choses" – 2:31
Original title: "Ci sono cose più grandi"
Lyrics: Eliana de Sabata
Music written by:
Edoardo VianelloFirst sung by: Tony Renis, 1966
French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy
Accompanists:
Charles Blackwell orchestra.
# "Comme" – 1:54
# "Mes jours s’en vont" – 2:26
# "Qu’ils sont heureux" – 2:21
Lyrics:
Eddy MarnayMusic written by:
André Popp
André Charles Jean Popp (19 February 1924 – 10 May 2014) was a French composer, arranger and screenwriter.
Biography
Popp was born into a family of German-Dutch background, in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée. He started his career as a church org ...
# "Surtout ne vous retournez pas" – 2:20
# "Tu es un peu à moi" – 2:14
# "
La maison où j'ai grandi" – 3:39
Original title: "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"
Lyrics: Luciano Beretta and Michele "Miki" Del Prete
Music written by:
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing.
Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...
First sung by: Adriano Celentano, 1966
French adaptation:
Eddy MarnayAccompanists:
Charles Blackwell orchestra.
LP record
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s: first editions in
English-speaking world
:, 1966: LP, Vogue (VGL 7022).
:, 1966: LP, Vogue/Vogue international industries (VRL 3028).
:, 1968: Vogue (SVL 933.540).
:, 1968: ''La maison où j'ai grandi'', Vogue/Vogue international industries (VC 6024).
:, 1968: Vogue (SVL 933-540).
Reissues on CD
* , 1996: Disques Vogue/
Sony BMG
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* , October 16, 2015: CD, ''La maison où j'ai grandi'',
Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 618).
Reissue on 180g Vinyl
:, January 2016: ''La maison où j'ai grandi'',
Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 618).
Notes and references
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Françoise Hardy albums
1966 albums
French-language albums
Disques Vogue albums