Discovering Fred Sirieix
Dec. 26th, 2022 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
callmemadamWho would have thought that on Christmas Eve, Radio 2 would devote an hour to French music? Much as I love Christmas music, I’m seriously carolled out (the bliss of hearing Schubert on the radio this morning!), so when I was tipped off that the programme had been on, I went looking. Fred is an agreeable host, with his French-Cockney accent, his stories and his humour. All the tracks were new to me except the best of the lot: Charles Trenet singing La Mer. Fred Sirieix: Vive Noël! is available now on BBC Sounds. I loved it!
I now find that I’m way out of touch and that Sirieix is famous but as he appears on TV shows I wouldn’t dream of watching, it’s no wonder I hadn’t heard of him.
This song came out in 1946! I’ve shown a video before but went for the live version this time.
I now find that I’m way out of touch and that Sirieix is famous but as he appears on TV shows I wouldn’t dream of watching, it’s no wonder I hadn’t heard of him.
This song came out in 1946! I’ve shown a video before but went for the live version this time.
