Gilbert Bécaud - Et maintenant: 50 große Erfolge / 50 grands succès (2015)

Known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his dynamic stage presence, Gilbert Bécaud was one of France's most popular singers during the 1950s and '60s, and enjoyed a career of more than four decades in show business. Bécaud is best known for his 1961 smash "Et Maintenant," which became a pop standard in the English-speaking world after it was translated as "What Now My Love." He was also an occasional film actor, a highly successful songwriter with over 150 credits, and an ambitious composer who completed a Christmas cantata, an opera, and a Broadway stage musical. But his primary impact came as a singer. In an era when cabaret vocalists remained largely stationary on-stage, Bécaud's energetic showmanship drove his audiences into a frenzy, as they strove to match his boundless enthusiasm. He became a regular presence at Paris' legendary Olympia concert theater, where he performed over 30 times – more than any other artist. A notoriously heavy smoker, Bécaud succumbed to lung cancer in 2001, but kept performing almost right up to the end.

Track List:

01. Et maintenant
02. Les marchés de Provence
03. La corrida
04. L’enterrement de Cornelius
05. Je t'appartiens
06. Mes mains
07. Viens
08. Les croix
09. Le pianiste de Varsovie
10. Quand tu danses
11. Mé-qué, mé-qué (Mais qu’est-ce que c’est ?)
12. Le marchand de ballons
13. Salut les copains
14. Je veux te dire adieu
15. Quand tu n’es pas là
16. Pour qui veille l’étoile
17. Incroyablement
18. C’était mon copain
19. Donne-moi
20. Ah ! Dites-moi pourquoi je l‘aime
21. Passe ton chemin
22. Dans ces moments-là
23. Toi, le musicien
24. La marche de Babette
25. Ding-dong, sonnez
26. Alors raconte
27. Mon ami m’a trahi
28. Les tambours et l’amour
29. Le rideau rouge
30. Ah ! si j’avais des sous
31. La princesse de juillet
32. Pilou… Pilou… hé
33. La grosse noce
34. Le bateau blanc
35. Si je m’en reviens au pays
36. Le condamné (Quand ils m’ont jugé)
37. Le jugement dernier
38. Fanfan
39. Sur la plus haute colline
40. La chanson pour Roseline
41. Marie, Marie
42. Toi, l'oiseau
43. Marianne de ma jeunesse
44. Le jour où la pluie viendra
45. Que toi
46. Il faut bâtir ta maison
47. T‘as raison mon ami
48. Laissez faire, laissez dire
49. La ballade des baladins
50. Berceuse pour Gaya