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Nights At The Roundtable - Arlette Zola - 1967

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Since our sister site Late Night Music Club ran a taste of French Psych last night, I thought I would chime in and add to the mayhem with a contribution from Swiss Yè-Yè sensation Arlette Zola and an introductory excursion she made into the realm of mind-melting Psychedelia with her 1967 single Mathèmathiques Èlèmentaires.

Needless to say, this genre of French Pop was hugely popular throughout Europe in the 60's and some of it did make it to our shores via the inimitable Francoise Hardy. But Hardy was just one of a veritable tidal wave of young French Women singers who hit the studios and turned pop on its ear but sadly, we got to hear very little of it at the time.

Lucky for everyone that's changed and you get it to hear what you missed the first time around - just as if you never heard it before.

You can never say you've heard it all - but you can try. Starting with Arlette Zola.



Nights At The Roundtable - Arlette Zola - 1969

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The genre of Ye`-Ye` may have died out by the time the 70's rolled around, but that didn't mean the singers involved gave up and went home or went on to quietly sedate lives. No. Some, like Arlette Zola are still going strong today. Swiss born Zola (who was actually Arlette Jacquet) represented her native Switzerland several times in the Eurovision Song Contest from the 70's through the 80's.

Tonight's track is definitely from the "Ye`-Ye`" period. Je Suis Folle De Tant T'aimer was released in 1969 and reissued a few years later. It has all the elements so closely associated with the genre and is yet another epitome of French 60's Pop.