French label Edinamusic has just released a new compilation of Frida Boccara, with many songs that have never been on CD before.
Thecover of the CD is the same than theone published in 1980, Un enfant de France, this song being one of the 14 entries in the French national final that year. Frida Boccara qualified for the final round, but only placed 5th out of 6 songs.
Unfortunately, the song she performed the year after at the French selection, Voilà comment je t'aime (4th out of 6 in the second round), cannot be found, even on vinyl. Although the French Wikipedia article about Frida Boccara mentions a release on Philips record company, all big record Euro-collectors in France have never seen a copy of it.
Frida Boccara won the 1969 Eurovision contest for France, together with the Spanish, British and Dutch entries. The lady died on August 1st, 1996 at the age of 55.
Here's the complete track list :
Un enfant de France
Les quatre jeunesses de la vie
La prière
L'arbre d'amour
La mariée
Ecrit dans la pierre
Oublier
Le roman de ma vie
Valdemosa
La chanson de l'éléphant
La chanson que j aime entendre
Alors dis-moi
Du soleil au coeur
Trouver mon père
Pour lui je suis belle
Waltzing Matilda
La ronde aux chansons
The CD can be purchased on amazon.fr.
An article by Dominique Dufaut.
