song: Things We Said Today
language: French
performer: Dick Rivers
Dick Rivers (Hervé Fornieri) was a pioneer of the French rock 'n' roll scene in the early 1960s. He modeled himself on Elvis and took his stage name from Deke Rivers, Presley's character in the film Loving You. He's still going strong, apparently.
This clip is taken from a television special called "The Music of Lennon and McCartney", broadcast in 1965. The show also featured a flamenco version of She Loves You, with some singing in Spanish, and a few snippets of covers in Japanese, Italian, French and Swedish (to be posted in the future).
This is a great performance, not only for the singing and the arrangement, but also for the choreography: Rivers is a master of the dramatic pivot. My favorite one comes at 1:09, when his eyes swing right before the rest of his body does, leaving us with a flash of white eyeballs.
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