Françoise Hardy (1963 album)

Françoise Hardy is the second studio album of the French popular singer Françoise Hardy, released in October 1963 on LP by French label Disques Vogue (FH 1). She was accompanied by the Marcel Hendrix Orchestra.[1] Like Hardy's previous album, the album was released with no title, except for her name on the cover; as such, album colloquially become known by the title of its most successful song, "Le Premier Bonheur du jour" ("The First Joy of the Day").

Le premier bonheur du jour
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1963 (France)
RecordedStudio Vogue
Villetaneuse, France
GenreFrench pop
Length26:00
LanguageFrench
LabelDisques Vogue
ProducerJacques Wolfsohn
Françoise Hardy chronology
Tous les garçons et les filles
(1962)
Le premier bonheur du jour
(1963)
Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano
(1963)
Alternative cover
English cover (1964)

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

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Françoise Hardy; all music is composed by Françoise Hardy, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Le premier bonheur du jour"Franck Gérald [fr]Jean Renard1:53
2."Va pas prendre un tambour"Maurice Vidalin [fr]Jacques Dutronc2:50
3."Saurai-je?"  2:05
4."Toi je ne t'oublierai pas"André Salvet [fr], Claude Carrère [fr]Jean-Pierre Bourtayre2:24
5."Avant de t'en aller" (original title: "Think About It"[2]) Paul Anka1:57
6."Comme tant d'autres"  2:35
7."J'aurais voulu"  2:10
8."Nous tous"  1:43
9."L'Amour d'un garçon" (original title: "The Love of a Boy"[3]) Burt Bacharach2:10
10."Le sais-tu?"  1:44
11."L'amour ne dure pas toujours"  1:45
12."On dit de lui" (original title: "It's Gonna Take Me Some Time"[4]) Don Stirling, Harold Temkin2:42
Total length:25:58

Editions

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Reissues on CD

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Reissue on 180g Vinyl

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ Song written and recorded by Paul Anka in 1963.
  3. ^ Song written by Hal David and recorded by Timi Yuro in 1962.
  4. ^ Song written by Don Christopher and recorded by Connie Francis in 1962.