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{{Short description|1962 pop rock single originally performed by Marcie Blane}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Bobby's Girl
| name = Bobby's Girl
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| length = 2:15
| length = 2:15
| label = [[Seville Records]] 45-120
| label = [[Seville Records]] 45-120
| writer = [[Gary Klein (producer)|Gary Klein]], [[Henry Hoffman (songwriter)|Henry Hoffman]]
| writer = [[Gary Klein (producer)|Gary Klein]], Henry Hoffman<ref>{{cite web|title=discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/Marcie-Blane-Bobbys-Girl/release/2648785|website=discogs.com|year=1962 |accessdate=June 23, 2021}}</ref>
| producer =
| producer = Marvin Holtzman
| prev_title =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| prev_year =
| next_title = '''What Does a Girl Do'''
| next_title = What Does a Girl Do
| next_year = 1963
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}}
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"'''Bobby's Girl'''" is a song and [[single (music)|single]] written by [[Gary Klein (producer)|Gary Klein]] and [[Henry Hoffman (songwriter)|Henry Hoffman]] and performed by American teenage singer [[Marcie Blane]].<ref name=do>{{cite web|title=Bobby's Girl|url=http://www.discogs.com/Marcie-Blane-Bobbys-Girl/release/3910464|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=1 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=134349&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID | archive-url = https://archive.is/20120714121346/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=134349&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-07-14 | title = Bobby's Girl | publisher = BMI Repertoire | year = 2006 | accessdate = 2013-06-01 }}</ref>
"'''Bobby's Girl'''" is a song and [[single (music)|single]] written by [[Gary Klein (producer)|Gary Klein]] and Henry Hoffman. The original was performed by American teenage singer [[Marcie Blane]], and became a No. 3 hit on the US charts. A near-simultaneous cover by British singer [[Susan Maughan]] was a hit in the UK, coincidentally also reaching No. 3 on the UK charts.<ref name=do>{{cite web|title=Bobby's Girl|year=1962 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Marcie-Blane-Bobbys-Girl/release/3910464|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=1 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=134349&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120714121346/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=134349&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-07-14 | title = Bobby's Girl | publisher = BMI Repertoire | year = 2006 | accessdate = 2013-06-01 }}</ref> Both Blane and Maughan are [[one-hit wonders]]; for both these artists, "Bobby's Girl" marked their only appearance on a national top 40 chart.
== Marcie Blane version ==
The song was released in the United States in 1962. It has a spoken introduction and a [[Backing track|backing refrain]] of "''Y''ou're not a kid anymore" and was popular with the American teenage audience. It entered the charts in October and made the Top 10 within a month reaching 3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] by December, where it stayed for four weeks, only to be kept from the top of the charts by [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]]' "[[Big Girls Don't Cry (The Four Seasons song)|Big Girls Don't Cry]]" and [[Elvis Presley]]'s "[[Return To Sender (song)|Return to Sender]]".<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSgEAAAAMBAJ&q=bobbys+girl+marcie+blane+chart+billboard+number+3&pg=PA21 | title=Yesteryear's Hits | date=30 December 1967 | publisher=Billboard | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref> It reached 2 on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' chart staying on the charts for nineteen weeks and made Blane the top selling female singer in the US.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spectropop.com/MarcieBlane/ | title=Marcie Blane | publisher=www.spectropop.com | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref>
Blane's version of the song was released in the United States in August, 1962. It has a spoken introduction and a [[Backing track|backing refrain]] of "''Y''ou're not a kid anymore" and was popular with the American teenage audience. It entered the charts in October and made the Top 10 within a month, reaching No. 3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] by December, where it stayed for four weeks.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSgEAAAAMBAJ&q=bobbys+girl+marcie+blane+chart+billboard+number+3&pg=PA21 | title=Yesteryear's Hits | date=30 December 1967 | publisher=Billboard | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref> It reached No. 2 on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' chart, staying on the charts for nineteen weeks, and made Blane (very briefly) the top-selling female singer in the US.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spectropop.com/MarcieBlane/ | title=Marcie Blane | publisher=www.spectropop.com | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref>


== Chart history ==
=== Chart history ===
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=== Weekly charts ===
==== Weekly charts ====
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|Canada ([[CHUM Chart|CHUM]]) <ref>http://chumtribute.com/62-12-17-chart.jpg CHUM Hit Parade, December 17, 1962</ref>
|Canada ([[CHUM Chart|CHUM]]) ''Hit Parade''<ref>http://chumtribute.com/62-12-17-chart.jpg CHUM Hit Parade, December 17, 1962</ref>
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|New Zealand (''Lever Hit Parade'')<ref>[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qsongid=586#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 3 January 1963]</ref>
|New Zealand (''Lever Hit Parade'')<ref>[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qsongid=586#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 3 January 1963]</ref>
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|Sweden ([[Kvällstoppen]])<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hallberg|first=Eric|title=Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975|publisher=Drift Musik|year=1993|pages=243|isbn=9163021404|location=}}</ref>
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|Sweden (''[[Tio i Topp]]'')<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hallberg |first1=Eric |title=Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74 |last2=Henningsson |first2=Ulf |publisher=Premium Publishing |year=1998 |isbn=919727125X |location= |pages=313}}</ref>
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|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
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== Year-end charts ==
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== Susan Maughan version ==
==Covers==

=== Susan Maughan version ===
{{Infobox song
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| name = Bobby's Girl
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| writer = [[Gary Klein (producer)|Gary Klein]], [[Henry Hoffman (songwriter)|Henry Hoffman]]
| writer = [[Gary Klein (producer)|Gary Klein]], [[Henry Hoffman (songwriter)|Henry Hoffman]]
| producer =
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| prev_title = '''Baby Doll Twist''
| prev_title = Baby Doll Twist
| prev_year = 1962
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = '''Mama Do The Twist'''
| next_title = Mama Do The Twist
| next_year = 1962
| next_year = 1962
}}
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A [[Susan Maughan]] cover version was released in the UK, also in 1962. It featured [[Wally Stott]] and his orchestra and chorus.<ref name=do2>{{cite web|title=Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan|url=http://www.discogs.com/Susan-Maughan-With-Wally-Stott-And-His-Orchestra-And-Chorus-Bobbys-Girl/release/1639518|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=1 June 2013}}</ref> Maughan's version spent nineteen weeks on the UK's ''[[Record Retailer]]'' chart, peaking at No. 3.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/susan%20maughan/ | title=UK Official charts - Susan Maughan | publisher=www.officialscharts.com | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.whosampled.com/cover/view/68045/Susan%20Maughan-Bobby's%20Girl_Marcie%20Blane-Bobby's%20Girl/ | title=Cover details | publisher=www.whosampled.com | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref>
[[Susan Maughan]]'s cover version was released in the UK, also in 1962. It featured [[Wally Stott]] and his orchestra and chorus.<ref name=do2>{{cite web|title=Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan|year=1962 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Susan-Maughan-With-Wally-Stott-And-His-Orchestra-And-Chorus-Bobbys-Girl/release/1639518|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=1 June 2013}}</ref> Substantially re-arranged from Blane's original, Maughan's version dropped the spoken word intro, and had a more sophisticated, less 'teen-age' sound. It spent nineteen weeks on the UK's ''[[Record Retailer]]'' chart, peaking at No. 3.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/susan%20maughan/ | title=UK Official charts - Susan Maughan | publisher=www.officialscharts.com | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.whosampled.com/cover/view/68045/Susan%20Maughan-Bobby's%20Girl_Marcie%20Blane-Bobby's%20Girl/ | title=Cover details | publisher=www.whosampled.com | accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref>


====Chart history====
===Chart history===


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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="Billboard, January, 1963">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 |magazine=Billboard|date=13 March 1965 }}</ref>
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|align="left"|Ireland [[Irish Singles Chart|IRMA]]<ref name="Billboard, January, 1963">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 |work=Billboard|date=13 March 1965 }}</ref>
|align="left"|Ireland [[Irish Singles Chart|IRMA]]<ref name="Billboard, January, 1963">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 |magazine=Billboard|date=13 March 1965 }}</ref>
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|align="left"|[[Kol Yisrael|Israeli Singles Chart]]<ref name="Billboard, January, 1963">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 |work=Billboard|date=13 March 1965 }}</ref>
|align="left"|[[Kol Yisrael|Israeli Singles Chart]]<ref name="Billboard, January, 1963">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 |magazine=Billboard|date=13 March 1965 }}</ref>
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|align="left"|Norway [[VG-lista]]<ref name="Billboard, January, 1963">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 |work=Billboard|date=13 March 1965 }}</ref>
|align="left"|Norway [[VG-lista]]<ref name="Billboard, January, 1963">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 |magazine=Billboard|date=13 March 1965 }}</ref>
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==Other versions==
====Tracey Ullman version====

=== Tracey Ullman version ===
In 1983 [[Tracey Ullman]] released a version of "Bobby's Girl" on the album ''[[You Broke My Heart in 17 Places]]'' and as a single. Ullman's version reached No. 45 in [[West Germany]].<ref>[https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tracey+Ullman&titel=Bobby%27s+Girl&cat=s Tracey Ullman - Bobby's Girl], norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.</ref>
In 1983 [[Tracey Ullman]] released a version of "Bobby's Girl" on the album ''[[You Broke My Heart in 17 Places]]'' and as a single. Ullman's version reached No. 45 in [[West Germany]].<ref>[https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tracey+Ullman&titel=Bobby%27s+Girl&cat=s Tracey Ullman - Bobby's Girl], norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.</ref>


====Foreign-language versions====
=== Foreign-language versions ===
*1963 : [[Sweden|Swedish]] artist [[Lil Malmkvist]] did a version in [[German language|German]] (Ariola AT 10 106). It reached No. 16 at the [[Musikmarkt]] Top 50-list.

*1963 : [[France|French]] singer Arielle performed the French-language version ''Je n'aime que Bobby''<ref>{{cite web|title=Tu M'As Devancée - Arielle|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/Arielle-Tu-Mas-Devanc%C3%A9e-Fait-Pour-Durer-Je-Naime-Que-Bobby-Bobbys-Girl-Dix-Petits-Indiens/release/5000669|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=3 September 2019}}</ref> (I only love Bobby).
*1963 : [[France|French]] singer Arielle performed the French-language version ''Je n'aime que Bobby''<ref>{{cite web|title=Tu M'As Devancée - Arielle|date=March 1963 |url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/Arielle-Tu-Mas-Devanc%C3%A9e-Fait-Pour-Durer-Je-Naime-Que-Bobby-Bobbys-Girl-Dix-Petits-Indiens/release/5000669|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=3 September 2019}}</ref> (I only love Bobby).
*1972 : [[Canada|Canadian]] singer Mimi Hétu performed the French-language version ''Pardonne-moi''<ref>{{cite web|title=Pardonne-Moi - Mimi Hétu|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/Mimi-H%C3%A9tu-Pardonne-moi/release/5886542|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=3 September 2019}}</ref> (Forgive me).
*1972 : [[Canada|Canadian]] singer Mimi Hétu performed the French-language version ''Pardonne-moi''<ref>{{cite web|title=Pardonne-Moi - Mimi Hétu|date=April 1972 |url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/Mimi-H%C3%A9tu-Pardonne-moi/release/5886542|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=3 September 2019}}</ref> (Forgive me).
*1984 : French singer Douchka performed the French-language version ''Mon p'tit cœur''<ref>{{cite web|title=Douchka - Douchka|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/Douchka-Douchka/release/2126305|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=3 September 2019}}</ref> (My little heart).
*1984 : French singer Douchka performed the French-language version ''Mon p'tit cœur''<ref>{{cite web|title=Douchka - Douchka|year=1984 |url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/Douchka-Douchka/release/2126305|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=3 September 2019}}</ref> (My little heart).


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|55U_bFmy9v4|Marcie Blane - Bobby's Girl}}

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Latest revision as of 07:38, 26 May 2024

"Bobby's Girl"
Single by Marcie Blane
B-side"A Time To Dream"
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1962
GenrePop Rock
Length2:15
LabelSeville Records 45-120
Songwriter(s)Gary Klein, Henry Hoffman[1]
Producer(s)Marvin Holtzman
Marcie Blane singles chronology
"Bobby's Girl"
(1962)
"What Does a Girl Do"
(1963)

"Bobby's Girl" is a song and single written by Gary Klein and Henry Hoffman. The original was performed by American teenage singer Marcie Blane, and became a No. 3 hit on the US charts. A near-simultaneous cover by British singer Susan Maughan was a hit in the UK, coincidentally also reaching No. 3 on the UK charts.[2][3] Both Blane and Maughan are one-hit wonders; for both these artists, "Bobby's Girl" marked their only appearance on a national top 40 chart.

Marcie Blane version

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Blane's version of the song was released in the United States in August, 1962. It has a spoken introduction and a backing refrain of "You're not a kid anymore" and was popular with the American teenage audience. It entered the charts in October and made the Top 10 within a month, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 by December, where it stayed for four weeks.[4] It reached No. 2 on the Cash Box chart, staying on the charts for nineteen weeks, and made Blane (very briefly) the top-selling female singer in the US.[5]

Chart history

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Susan Maughan version

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"Bobby's Girl"
Single by Susan Maughan
B-side"Come a Little Closer"
Released1962
GenrePop Rock
Length2:15
LabelPhilips Records 326544 BF
Songwriter(s)Gary Klein, Henry Hoffman
Susan Maughan singles chronology
"Baby Doll Twist"
(1962)
"Bobby's Girl"
(1962)
"Mama Do The Twist"
(1962)

Susan Maughan's cover version was released in the UK, also in 1962. It featured Wally Stott and his orchestra and chorus.[13] Substantially re-arranged from Blane's original, Maughan's version dropped the spoken word intro, and had a more sophisticated, less 'teen-age' sound. It spent nineteen weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 3.[14][15]

Chart history

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Chart (1962–63) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[16] 3
Ireland IRMA[16] 3
Israeli Singles Chart[16] 3
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[17] 6
Norway VG-lista[16] 6

Other versions

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Tracey Ullman version

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In 1983 Tracey Ullman released a version of "Bobby's Girl" on the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places and as a single. Ullman's version reached No. 45 in West Germany.[18]

Foreign-language versions

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  • 1963 : Swedish artist Lil Malmkvist did a version in German (Ariola AT 10 106). It reached No. 16 at the Musikmarkt Top 50-list.
  • 1963 : French singer Arielle performed the French-language version Je n'aime que Bobby[19] (I only love Bobby).
  • 1972 : Canadian singer Mimi Hétu performed the French-language version Pardonne-moi[20] (Forgive me).
  • 1984 : French singer Douchka performed the French-language version Mon p'tit cœur[21] (My little heart).

References

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  1. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bobby's Girl". www.discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Bobby's Girl". BMI Repertoire. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  4. ^ Yesteryear's Hits. Billboard. 30 December 1967. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  5. ^ "Marcie Blane". www.spectropop.com. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  6. ^ http://chumtribute.com/62-12-17-chart.jpg CHUM Hit Parade, December 17, 1962
  7. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 3 January 1963
  8. ^ Hallberg, Eric (1993). Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975. Drift Musik. p. 243. ISBN 9163021404.
  9. ^ Hallberg, Eric; Henningsson, Ulf (1998). Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74. Premium Publishing. p. 313. ISBN 919727125X.
  10. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  11. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 29, 1962
  12. ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1963
  13. ^ "Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan". www.discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  14. ^ "UK Official charts - Susan Maughan". www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  15. ^ "Cover details". www.whosampled.com. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  16. ^ a b c d "Billboard Magazine, January, 1963". Billboard. 13 March 1965.
  17. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 13 December 1962
  18. ^ Tracey Ullman - Bobby's Girl, norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  19. ^ "Tu M'As Devancée - Arielle". www.discogs.com. March 1963. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Pardonne-Moi - Mimi Hétu". www.discogs.com. April 1972. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Douchka - Douchka". www.discogs.com. 1984. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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