Françoise Hardy (1963 album)

Françoise Hardy
Studio album by Françoise Hardy
Released	October 1963 (France)
Recorded	Studio Vogue Villetaneuse, France
Genre	French pop
Length	26:00
Language	French
Label	Disques Vogue
Producer	Jacques Wolfsohn
Françoise Hardy chronology
Françoise Hardy (1962) Françoise Hardy (1963) Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano (1963)
Alternative cover
English cover (1964)

Françoise Hardy is the second studio album of the French popular singer Françoise Hardy. Released in October 1963 in France, on LP, Disques Vogue (FH 1). Like of Hardy's earlier album, it was released with no title, except for her name on the cover but this album has therefore colloquially become known by the title of its most successful song, "Le Premier Bonheur du jour" ("The First Day Happiness").

The Brazilian band Os Mutantes covered the song "Le premier bonheur du jour" on their debut 1968 album, Os Mutantes. Le premier bonheur du jour is also on the 2014 album Dream a Little Dream by Pink Martini and The von Trapps.

Track listing

Except as noted, lyrics and music were written by Françoise Hardy.

1. "Le Premier Bonheur du jour" – 1:53
   Lyrics by: Franck Gérald
   Music written by: Jean Renard
2. "Va pas prendre un tambour" – 2:50
   Lyrics by: Maurice Vidalin
   Music written by: Jacques Dutronc
3. "Saurai-je?" – 2:05
4. "Toi je ne t'oublierai pas" – 2:24
   Lyrics by: André Salvet and Claude Carrère
   Music written by: Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
5. "Avant de t'en aller" – 1:57
   Original title: "Think About It"
   Lyrics and music by: Paul Anka
   First performed by: Paul Anka, 1963
   French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy
6. "Comme tant d'autres" – 2:35
7. "J'aurais voulu" – 2:10
8. "Nous tous" – 1:43
9. "L'Amour d'un garçon" – 2:10
   Original title: "The Love of a Boy"
   Lyrics by: Hal David
   Music written by: Burt Bacharach
   First performed by: Timi Yuro, 1962^[1]
   French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy
10. "Le sais-tu ?" – 1:44
11. "L'Amour ne dure pas toujours" – 1:45
12. "On dit de lui" – 2:42’’
    Original title: "It's Gonna Take Me Some Time"
    Lyrics and music written by: Christopher, Sterling, Temkin
    First performed by: Connie Francis, 1962^[2]
    French adaptation by: Françoise Hardy^[3]

Editions

LP records: first editions in anglosphere

•  Canada, 1964: Trans-Canada Record/Disques Vogue (FH 1).
•  United Kingdom, 1964: In Vogue, Pye Records (NPL 18099).
•  South Africa, 1965: Disques Vogue (VGL 7004).

Reissues on CD

•  France, 1996: Disques Vogue/Sony/BMG (7 43213 80032).
•  France, 2014: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, RDM Edition (CD687).
•  USA, 16th October, 2015: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 615).

Reissue on 180g Vinyl

•  USA, January 2016: Le Premier Bonheur du jour, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FH 1)-(FDR 615).

Notes and references

1. Published as a single, SP Liberty Records US (55519), 1962; collected on LP The Best of Timi Yuro, Liberty Records US (7286), 1963, CD The Best of Timi Yuro, EMI Records US (0777-7-80182-23), 1996.
2. SP MGM (1165), 1962 – LP Sings for Mama, MGM (SE-4294), 1965.
3. In-between, an instrumental version was recorded by the quintet Les Cyclones: EP Vogue (EPL 8117),1962 (their first 45 was recorded in 1961 under the name El Toro et les Cyclone; the group was then a quartet with guitarist Jacques Dutronc).