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  2. "La Mer" ("The Sea") is a song by the French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet. The song was first recorded by the French singer Roland Gerbeau in 1945. When Trenet's version was released in 1946, it became an unexpected hit and has remained a chanson classic and jazz standard ever since.

  3. Mar 31, 2022 · The song “La Mer” (meaning: the sea) is the most successful song of French singer Charles Trenet (1913 – 2001). Recorded in 1946 just after World War II, it is the most famous French songs of all time after Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose”. The song appeared on Trenet’s album, “La Mer / Seul … depuis toujours”.

  4. Featured: Rhombicuboctahedron by Leonardo da Vinci. "La Mer" is a song written by French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet (1913 – 2001). Trenet wrote the lyrics of "La Mer" on a train in 1943 while travelling along the French Mediterranean coast, returning from Paris to Narbonne, supposedly in ten minutes, on toilet paper ...

  5. Oct 3, 2020 · The mid-1940s tunes “La Vie En Rose” and “La Mer” are sometimes cited as the two most successful international song hits to come from France. Here the composer sings his famous French ...

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  6. - The melody of "La Mer" comes from a 1938 song called "Heart and Soul". - Trenet did not think the song was very good and did not record it immediately. - In 1945, Roland Gerbeau recorded the song with Renée Lebas.

  7. Sep 4, 2018 · La Mer, the song for which he was best known outside France, was recorded more than 4,000 times—in the English version Beyond the Sea—by performers such as Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and George Benson.

  8. Aug 18, 2011 · Charles Trenet - La mer (Officiel) [Live Version] Sur scène et en public, Charles TRENET chante "La mer", accompagné de l'orchestre de Raymond LEFEVRE.

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