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A Couple of Poetic French Songs

Alice Poon
Jun 17, 2013
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In my very young days, I used to be

(still am) a big fan of the Carpenters. I found Karen Carpenter’s deep velvety

voice very endearing and calming and knew many of her songs by heart. In later

years I heard of French singer Francoise Hardy (whose singing career took off before

the Carpenters’ did) through her rendition of “All Over the World”, which was ad…

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