A Couple of Poetic French Songs
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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