Description
Long before Edith Piaf put on her stage costume, another great “Lady in black” thrilled the crowds: Damia. Nicknamed the “Tragédienne de la chanson”, she was an outstanding protagonist of the 1930s, a figure from the lesbian scene of the interwar period. Embodying the so-called realistic song, Damia was uncompromising. Her songs explore the subjects of jealousy, sailors wandering forever, of grey walls, of popular Paris and, obviously, of love.
These radio recordings (1941 to 1956) are a real immersion into her repertoire, offering us her great hits (Les Gorélands, Sombre dimanche, La Mauvaise Prière…) and rarer songs, four of which she never recorded on disc: Y’avait toi (which had been sung by Lucienne Delyle) as well as Paraît que j’ai rien dans la tête, Le Voyage immobile and L’aiguille du phono, songs that, according to us, has never been published before.
TRACKLIST:
A1. La Rue de Notre Amour
A2. Paraît que j’ai rien dans la tête
A3. Le Voyage immobile
A4. L’Aiguille du phono
A5. Les Goélands
A6. À la Bastoche
A7. La Rue (extrait a capella)
B1. Y’a tant d’amour
B2. Les Deux ménétriers
B3. Sombre dimanche
B4. La Mauvaise Prière
B5. Y’avait toi
B6. Un souvenir
B7. La Chanson réalist
B8. La Guinguette a fermé ses volets
