Wednesday 6 May 2015

Nous sommes mercredi, le six

C 'est si bon... people say that in French
It means its Oh! so good
On France 2 William the presenter has just said it and of course it sets you of singing.Was it Yves Montand one remembers singing it?

"C'est si bon" is a French popular song, sometimes also referred to by the English translation of the title, "It's So Good". The music was composed in 1947 by Henri Betti. The French lyrics were written by André Hornez, the English lyrics by Jerry Seelen.
Henri Betti was walking on the avenue Jean Médecin in Nice in July 1947 when the first nine notes of the tune occurred to him. He appealed to lyricist André Hornez to come up with a title. The lyricist said that the title should be three syllables, the first three notes of the song. The next day he showed Henri Betti a list of ten titles, each of three syllables, the last of which was C'est si Bon. Henri Betti told André Hornez he wanted the title, but hesitated because there was at that time a song sung by Charles Trenet C'est Bon. Henri Betti told him that si made all the difference. The song is reported to the SACEM 16 August 1947 and published by Paul Beuscher.  It was made famous by Yves Montand, Eartha Kitt and Louis Armstrong   Comments to taglines82@gmail.com