The original songs of Celine's cover versions

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ACADIAN DRIFTWOOD

 

was first recorded by The Band 1975

 

The Band:

 

Celine with Richard Zachary:

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Here's an old one:

 

VOIS COMME C'EST BEAU

 

Quebec singers Martin Pelletier & Thérèse Deroy (1975)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHfNcceCYFY

 

 

Celine with her sister & godmother Claudette (1985):

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"YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND"

 

Carol King 1971:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHlcW_lKPl4

 

 

Celine, Shania Twain, Carole King and Gloria Estefan (1998)

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Another oldie:

 

"TIRE L'AIGUILLE"

 

Renée Lebas (1951):

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ0v1WTyhAQ&feature=watch_response

 

Celine (on her first album "La voix du Bon Dieu " 1981):

[Matej]

Immortality is also mentioned as a cover song even if the brothers Gibb never released commercially this song before, here is the demo version at least. By the way, nice thread!

[Davey84]

erm I watched the LTAL recording sessions recently, and Barry said they wrote the song FOR Céline! So ok, they maybe made a demo, I would never call Immortality a cover!

 

If you're really going to be this rigit, this way; each Céline song is a cover, cos most songs first have a demo (sung by the writer or unknown singer.... )

[Matej]

I am Bee Gees fan since my childhood and for me Immortality was (is and will be) always a cover version. And by the way, he also said that "this song is the finest cover version of any of Bee Gees songs". But of course, one hundred of people, one hundred of views and that's good!

[Bell]

But of course, one hundred of people, one hundred of views

Sometimes one hundred and one... However, I enjoy reading this topic, it's interesting and fun.

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"Brûle pas tes doigts"

 

Michel Legrand

 

Celine:

(Celine first sung that song 1985 during her first real own concert tour: "C'est pour toi"-tournée)

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"I've Got The World on a String"

 

is a 1932 popular song composed by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler for the 1932 Cotton Club Parade. It was introduced by Cab Calloway and Bing Crosby. It was also recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1953.

 

Bing Crosby:

 

Frank Sinatra:

 

Celine:

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Just a little bit of love

 

Maria Christensen

 

Celine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYD3zHFgIcU

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Le fils de superman

 

Martine St. Clair (1983)

 

Celine:

 

The song is based on a true story about a little boy who jumped out of an apartment building window in his Superman costume and died. They buried him in his costume.

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Le fils de superman

 

Martine St. Clair (1983)

 

Celine:

 

The song is based on a true story about a little boy who jumped out of an apartment building window in his Superman costume and died. They buried him in his costume.

 

I didn't know he was buried wearing his costume. This particular story has always touched me tremendously. Do we know more about this?

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Les enfants oubliés

 

Ginette Reno:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAqh-CmNpA

 

Celine (album "Céline Dion chante Noël", 1981):

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ATTENDS MOI, TI-GARS

 

Félix Leclerc

 

Celine (1985):

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AVE MARIA (Gounod and Schubert)

 

Gounod's version:

was originally published in 1853 as "Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach". It consists of a melody improvised by the French composer Charles Gounod superimposed over the Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, written by J.S. Bach over 130 years earlier. In 1859 Jacques Léopold Heugel published a version with the familiar Latin text.

With Schubert's "Ave Maria", the Bach/Gounod piece has become a fixture at weddings or funerals. There are many different instrumental arrangements. And ALOT of singers recorded it.

 

Schubert's version:

"Ellens Gesang III" ("Ellen's Third Song"), was composed by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of seven songs from Walter Scott's popular epic poem "The Lady of the Lake", translated into German. As "Ave Maria" it became one of Schubert's most popular songs.

 

Examples:

Barbra Streisand (Gounod):

Josh Groban (Schubert):

 

 

Celine (Gounod's Version in Dec. 1987, TV-Show "Les démons du midi"):

 

Celine (Schubert's Version for "These are special times", 1998):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiQqPy6qPA0

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BRAHMS LULLABY

 

the original title is "Guten Abend, gute Nacht" ("Good evening, good night") and had been first published in 1868 in Germany. The lyrics of the first verse are from a collection of German folk poems called "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" and the second was written by Georg Scherer in 1849. The lullaby's melody is one of the most famous and recognizable in the world, used by countless parents to sing their babies to sleep. The Lullaby was first sung by Brahms's friend, Bertha Faber, as the piece had been written to celebrate the birth of her son.

 

Here the example of a classical singer, Elisabeth Schumann:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEL7fSWCfnk

 

and some others:

Jewel:

Olivia Newton-John:

 

Celine:

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Là-Bas

 

recorded 1987 as a duet by Jean-Jacques Goldman and Sirima. It was a smash hit in France. Sirima was a British singer and primarily known for that duet. In 1989, at age 25, she was murdered by her boyfriend.

 

The young Jean-Jacques Goldman in 1987 with Sirima:

 

Celine with Jean-Jacques 1993:

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I didn't know he was buried wearing his costume. This particular story has always touched me tremendously. Do we know more about this?

 

 

No, I didn't find that particular story, as it happend in the "pre-internet"-time. But I've found a similar one. Seems to be, that unfortunately this happens very often!

http://www.dailychilli.com/news/12794-boy-...y-like-superman

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Immortality is also mentioned as a cover song even if the brothers Gibb never released commercially this song before, here is the demo version at least. By the way, nice thread!

 

 

Hey, GREAT! Didn't know that. Thank you! Very interesting.

OF COURSE, the version with Celine is much better ... even for "non-fans"!

[Davey84]

another oldie, from La Voix Du Bon Dieu

 

Les Roses Blanches

 

It's a REAL old song actually! Les Roses blanches was written in 1925, by Charles-Louis Pothier with music of Léon Raiter (éditions Raiter) I don't know who sang the original, but others recorded it too: Berthe Sylva, Mary Ketty, Berthe Delny, Priollet, Sandrey, Emma Liebel, Les Sunlights and Michèle Torr.

 

 

 

Berthe Sylvia (1926)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEPEWgGc47k

 

Les Sunlights (1967)

 

Céline (1981)

 

 

I really love Célines version! Something I wouldn't mind her singing again!

[Davey84]

I dunno if this is the place for it, but for those who didn't know; Céline was named after this song:

 

Hugues Aufray - Céline

 

It's from his 1966 album: Céline/Dès que le printemps revient

Thérèse heard this song on the radio when she was pregnant and decided to name Céline after the song.

 

It's actually a sad song, about a woman getting older and not finding love

http://www.musikiwi.com/paroles/hugues-auf...line,46313.html

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another oldie, from La Voix Du Bon Dieu

 

Les Roses Blanches

 

It's a REAL old song actually! Les Roses blanches was written in 1925, by Charles-Louis Pothier with music of Léon Raiter (éditions Raiter) I don't know who sang the original, but others recorded it too: Berthe Sylva, Mary Ketty, Berthe Delny, Priollet, Sandrey, Emma Liebel, Les Sunlights and Michèle Torr.

Berthe Sylvia (1926)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEPEWgGc47k

 

Les Sunlights (1967)

 

Céline (1981)

I really love Célines version! Something I wouldn't mind her singing again!

 

 

WOW! VERY interesting! Thank you !!!!

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I dunno if this is the place for it, but for those who didn't know; Céline was named after this song:

 

Hugues Aufray - Céline

 

It's from his 1966 album: Céline/Dès que le printemps revient

Thérèse heard this song on the radio when she was pregnant and decided to name Céline after the song.

 

It's actually a sad song, about a woman getting older and not finding love

http://www.musikiwi.com/paroles/hugues-auf...line,46313.html

 

 

GREAT! Thank youuuuuu! Some years ago I tried in vain to find a soundclip of that "history-charged" song.

So great that now we can all listen to the song who helped Thérèse find such a beautiful name for a girl who eventually became our Goddess and one of the best popsingers of all time!

 

Hugues Aufray represented - by the way - Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest (!!!), performing "Dès que le printemps revient" and finishing fourth. He is well known for his French covers of Bob Dylan's songs.

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"I SURRENDER"

 

Mary Griffin

 

Celine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9axmrFnEc

 

 

FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T BELIEVE (as I did years ago, as I found that out)!!! YESSS! IT'S A COVER!!!

 

For the first time released on Marry Griffins "Purified CD album" in Japan 1996. It was re-released in November 2002 in the States.

* http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/.../a/Purified.htm

* http://www.marygriffin.com/discography/

 

And here you can read too, that her song was chosen by Celine:

http://www.marygriffin.com/about/

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[Davey84]

well thank god Céline didn't release it as a single then! God forbid, she has another cover single!

 

But shouldn't it be 1997?

1997 – Mary griffin – “Purified” (Japan, CD-Album)

 

Anyway, I don't like her version that much. Don't like the way she sings, it kinda drags on... I bet she got a lot of money for it, with Céline singing it in AND

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well thank god Céline didn't release it as a single then! God forbid, she has another cover single!

 

But shouldn't it be 1997?

1997 – Mary griffin – “Purified” (Japan, CD-Album)

 

Anyway, I don't like her version that much. Don't like the way she sings, it kinda drags on... I bet she got a lot of money for it, with Céline singing it in AND

 

 

Yeah, you are right! (BUT - off topic - I've got a feeling that they will release another single for the new album as they seem to rework everything.)

 

And, yes, sorry! Was a typing error! Should read: 1997

 

And yes No. 3: I don't like Mary Griffin's version either. Noone can sing that song like CELINE!!!

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ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

 

Lila McCann (Single released 2001):

http://www.myspace.com/lilamccann/music/so...version-9770561

 

Celine (released on the Single "G(TSW)", November 2002):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt6yph55pyM

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BLUE CHRISTMAS

 

according to Wikipedia:

The song was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948 and was popularized the following year in three separate recordings: one by country artist Ernest Tubb, one by bandleader Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra and one by bandleader Russ Morgan and his orchestra.

Elvis Presley cemented the status of "Blue Christmas" as a rock-and-roll holiday classic by deleting one verse from Tubb's version and recording the remainder on his 1957 LP Elvis' Christmas Album.

 

Sorry, couldn't find a Doye O'Dell soundfile.

 

Ernest Tubb:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbvGxcqXbsM

 

Hugo Winterhalter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHAYfe7uzHo

 

Russ Morgan:

 

Elvis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODrPL9-kEs

 

Celine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg4L5bVrV1A

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GLORY ALLELUIA ("The Battle Hymn of the Republic")

 

according to Wikipedia:

is a hymn by American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song "John Brown's Body". Howe's more famous lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862. The song links the judgment of the wicked at the end of time (New Testament) with the American Civil War. Since that time it has become an extremely popular and well-known American patriotic song.

The tune was written around 1856 by William Steffe. The first known lyrics were called "Canaan's Happy Shore" or "Brothers, Will You Meet Me?" and the song was sung as a campfire spiritual. The tune spread across the United States, gaining a reputation as the best song of its time.

In 1960 the Mormon Tabernacle Choir won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus.

Judy Garland performed this song on her weekly television show in December 1963. She originally wanted to do a dedication show for JFK upon his assassination but CBS would not let her, so she performed the song without being able to mention his name.

Whitney Houston also sang this song at her concert to the troops called "Welcome Home Heroes" in 1991.

 

Mormon Tabernacle Choir:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpZ3jPMM5Ac

 

Judy Garland:

 

Whitney Houston:

 

 

Celine, live:

 

Celine, Album "Celine Dion chante Noel", 1981:

Edited September 29, 2012 at 02:07 PM by drove all night