Les Compagnons de la Chanson

This French male vocal group were Edith Piaf’s original accompanists and comprised Guy Bourguignon (b. 1920, Tulle, France, d. 31 Dec 1969, Paris, France; bass), Jean Broussolle (b. 1920, Saint-Vallier, France, d. 1984; baritone), Jean-Pierre Calvet (b. 1925, Orgon, France, d. 1989; tenor), Jo Frachon (b. 1919, Davézieux, France, d, 1992; bass), Jean-Louis Jaubert (b. 29 August 1920, Mulhouse, France; bass), Hubert Lancelot (b. 1923, Lyon, France, d. 1995, Paris, France; baritone), Fred Mella (b. 10 March 1924, Annonay, Ardèche, France; tenor), René Mella (b. 1926, Annonay, Ardèche, France; tenor), and Gérard Sabbat (b. 1926, Lyon, France; baritone). They highlighted using one of her best-known quantities, ‘Les Trois Cloches’, constructed by Jean Villard in 1945. Afterwards, they documented it under their very own name, so when an British lyric by Bert Reisfeld was added in 1948, the melody was retitled ‘The Three Bells’ (‘The Jimmy Dark brown Melody)’. Their re-recorded Anglicized edition reached the united kingdom graph in 1959. Evidently, it had been their edition, sung over the Ed Sullivan Present in 1951, that motivated US group the Browns to record it, thus giving themselves lots 1 strike. Composer Jean Villard utilized the same melody in 1945 for ‘While The Angelus Was Buzzing’, which acquired a lyric with the American songwriter Dick Manning.