maandag 26 november 2007

White Blossom


Ever heard a song you know you heard before in another version, but can't think of either title or artist? My mother experienced that when she listened to Filles Fragiles, and heard Marrianne Dissard's Quand Refleuriront Les Lilas Blanc. Now, I've made a post before about this song (here), and thought the orignal version was by Anna Thibaud, from the 1920s. A few googling hours later, I found out that QRLLB is a German Schlager written by Franz Doelle, called Wenn der Weisse Flieder Wieder Blüht. The Anna Thibaud song is called Quand Les Lilas Refleuriront, quite the same but not exactly. I think my mother heard the song the first time in the 1953 Heimat-movie Wenn der Weisse Flieder Wieder Blüht featuring Romy Schneider (and her mother Magda). I called my mom about it, she says is plausible she heard the song in that movie, but couldn't remember who sang the song it. If it was Romy, I sure want to hear it. The fact that the song was written right after the first World War, makes me believe that it was meant to cheer up the listener after a dark period. Dutch songs like 'Als op het Leidesplein de lichtjes weer eens branden gaan' did the same post-WW2.
Youtube-clip here. More (free downloadable) Matt & Marianne here.

Marianne Dissard & Matt Mitchell - Quand Refleuriront Les Lilas Blanc
Henri Gesky - Quand Refleuriront Les Lilas Blanc
Anna Thibaud - Quand Les Lilas Refleuriront
Richard Tauber - Wenn der Weisse Flieder Wieder Blüht
EXTRA:
Lou Bandy - Bloemen Bloemen Bloemen (Dutch version)
Zarah Leander - Vill ni se en stjärna (Swedish version)

5 opmerkingen:

  1. Most likely it was Zarah Leander who sang the song in that movie. More research to follow...

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  2. hi there. according to IMDB it was zarah leander who sang it. the first version was done by ruth arden in the 20s

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  3. zarah leander and liane augustin that is...

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  4. anybody who has that zarah leander version, please send to guuzbourg(a)gmail.com

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  5. And how about Helmut Zacharias & His Magic Violins?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O_dzSkHpJ4

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