And it wasn’t just her celebrity that made the album a runaway hit: Writing most of the songs herself, she proved a successor to the best of 60s French pop, even drawing the one cover from Serge ...

The final reminder of the main theme also included references to the famous French nursery songs J'ai du bon tabac and Alouette, which bring the work to an expressive and brilliant close.

Buskers returned to the iconic streets a day after the New Year's Day tragedy. NEW ORLEANS -- The quiet in New Orleans' famous French Quarter early Thursday morning was first cut by crews sweeping ...