{"id":5990,"date":"2014-08-06T16:28:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T23:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=5990"},"modified":"2014-08-06T16:28:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T23:28:41","slug":"line-renaud-louie-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=5990","title":{"rendered":"Line Renaud – LOUIE of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week’s LOUIE is a 1973 recording by Line Renaud<\/strong>. (No, it’s not the graphic at the top of this post…. keep reading)<\/em><\/p>\n

Line Renaud is a popular French singer, actress and AIDS activist whose career began at the age of 16, working with well known French composer LOULOU Gast\u00e9.<\/strong> Gaste became her mentor, and they eventually married, with a longtime union that lasted 45 years, ending with his death in 1995.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t as familiar with her career, but I discovered quite an impressive legacy spanning many decades of stage, screen, and musical recordings. In 1954 alone, she appeared on Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore<\/strong> and Ed Sullivan<\/strong> shows and recorded the song \u2018Relax ay voo\u2019 with Dean Martin<\/strong>. The IMDB page for her<\/a> listed acting credits in 64 different film\/television productions. She’s also produced quite a few her own stage productions. In 2000, a “Golden Palm Star” on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.<\/p>\n

Here I was thinking, she was “just another pop singer singing LOUIE LOUIE.” <\/em> <\/p>\n

Silly me. She’s much more than that.<\/p>\n

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That being said, this is a very cool version of the song, transforming an American rock song into a catchy French pop song. This recording was released as a single on the MGM label (MGM 14500) in 1973. <\/p>\n

The original single is a bit tough to find, but luckily it’s been reissued as part of a comprehensive 5-CD box set entitled “100 Chansons D’or<\/a>” that’s quite a bit easier to find. Thanks to the magical interwebs*, I found multiple websites selling this box set for under $20 – considerably cheaper than the original single!<\/p>\n

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Anyways to quote another, let’s give it to ’em… right now! Here’s LOUIE LOUIE by Line Renaud!<\/p>\n