Showing posts with label Caravelli et son violons magiques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caravelli et son violons magiques. Show all posts

Tuesday 5 April 2022

La! La! La! / Congratulations - Caravelli

Caravelli appeared on this blog before, with his instrumental versions of 'Chez nous' and 'Dio come ti amo', two songs from the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest. In 1968 he was at it again, this time to record his versions of the two songs that landed at first and second place: 'La La La' by Massiel and 'Congratulations' by Cliff Richard. 

It didn't end there either: besides recording instrumental versions of big hits of the Sixties and Seventies, he would also record a handful of covers of Eurovision songs in subsequent years. Some of them ended up on singles - so he might appear on this blog a few times more.

My collection: 7" single no. 6679
Found: Velvet, Leiden, 2 April 2022
Cost: €2
Tracks: 'La! La! La!' / 'Congratulations'

Sunday 26 May 2019

Eurovision 1966 - Caravelli et ses violons magiques

Caravelli was a French orchestra leader, born in Paris on September 12, 1930. Born as Claude Vasori, he was the son of an Italian father and a French mother. Vasori took his stage name in 1956 from the newly introduced twin-jet Caravelle from Caravelle Aerospatiale. This plane was the first jet created for the short-haul market. The first Caravelle entered service for Air France on May 9, 1959. He made it more Italianate in honor of his father's origins, changing the last letter: 'Caravelli et son Violons Magiques' ('Caravelli and his magnificent strings').

In 1959 with the help of the French jazz musician Ray Ventura, he obtained a contract to form his own orchestra oriented to popular music. He signed a contract with the French record label Versailles. His first album Dance Party was recorded. In 1963, he composed 'Accroche-toi Caroline!' which was used by the BBC as the theme to the Vision On television series.

This single was released in 1966 and features cover versions of two Eurovision songs: 'Chez nous' (originally performed by Dominique Walter representing France) and ' Dio come ti amo' (performed by Domenico Modugno representing Italy).

My collection: 7" single no. 6075
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, May 24, 2019
Cost: 1 euro
Tracks: 'Chez nous'  / 'Dio como ti amo'
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