Lucille Starr - **TRIBUTE** - The French Song [1963]*/.**

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* Blocked in Denmark*
** Lucille Starr Passed Away on 4 September 2020**

Full Title "The French Song"
[Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes].

[Written by Harry Pease - Larry Vincent].

Issued on Almo 204 A and LP "The French Song" [1964]
Charted 1964 #9 Canada # 1 Belgium #1 Netherlands #54 U.S.
In 1964/65 Sold Over SEVEN MILLION Copies
***WORLD WIDE HIT***
Re-Released 1970 #39 Canada Country #14 Canada AC

1st. Recorded 1955 Also 1988 and 1990

Recorded 24 October 1963 -
Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA –
Lucille Starr [vcl solo], Sonny Curtis [gt], Joe Maphis [gt],
Bill Pitman [gt], Wilbur Pitman [bass],
Jerry Allison [drums], Herb Alpert [trumpet]
Produced by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss
Co-Producer Dorsey Burnette



LUCILLE STARR
Born Lucille Marie Raymonde Savoie in St.Boniface, Manitoba, CANADA [1938 - 2020].

1955 - 1st. Studio Recording
1956 to 1977 - Lucille & Bob were the "Canadian Sweethearts"
1964 - 1st Canadian Woman to Earn Gold Record for the "French Song"
1st. Canadian Woman to Sell ONE MILLION Records
1st. Canadian Woman to Perform at The Grand Ole Opry
1987 - 1st. Canadian Woman Inducted to Canadian Country Music Hall of Honour
1989 - 1st. Canadian Woman Inducted to Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
Lucille "Lost Her Voice" but Recovered and Recorded 1981 to 1991`