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

* 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`

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