Jo Bouillon & Son Orch. - The Umbrella Man, 1938

Jo Bouillon & Son Orchestre , avec refrain chanté - La Valse au Village (The Umbrella Man) (V.Rose/ L.Poterat), Columbia 1938

Jo Bouillon - who privately was married to the famous black Americano-French vedette, Josephine Baker - led one of best French dance orchestras in 1930-50s. The song "The Umbrella Man" was a great American hit recorded in 1938 by Kay Kyser's dance orchestra, and immediately gaining worldwide popularity

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[240252]

Grazie, Daniela. You are welcome to visit this site more often. The couple of my next uploadings should be especially interesting for you: both will be the songs dedicated to "bella Venezia"

[barbcard]

Bravo! Another memory evoked; the refrain in English was "tuda lumma lumma" or something close to that.

The lyrics sound much better in French! Wonder if there ever were Umbrella Men, or to use a more PC term, "Umbrella People."

[240252]

Hi Barbara, you are full of your lovely irony, as always. I absolutely love your interpretations of the old hits' refrains. But, so far, nothing will beat your Irving Berlin's "Always" (I'll be loving you/in hallways)

[camille885]

Thanks for this nice song! At this time, Jo Bouillon played very often the night at Radio-Paris.

[240252]

Hi Camille and thanks for your information. I am a true admirer of Jo Bouillon's orchestra'

s sound, its energy and sophisticated arrangements. I prefer it to many other French dance bands of the time (e.g. I very rarely enjoy the recordings of the probably most famous Ray Ventura's band). I can only regret, so few of Bouillon's prewar recordings are available. It looks like he was constantly so engaged into his wife's career that he hadn't enough time for his own.

[camille885]

Yes, Ray Ventura is the band the most known in France at this time :)

Contrary to Ventura, Jo Bouillon recorded mostly with other artists, like Joséphine Baker of course, and Chevalier, Georgius, Mistinguett...

And before the war, Bouillon was most a radio-star (almost every day on Radio-Paris and Paris-PTT) than a "disque-star".

[240252]

Thank you Camille for your informations! That explains me why his solo recorings are so rare. What a pity, really.

[bearcub410]

merci beaucoup thank you great song and i love the video thanks

[michaelwright999]

now thats what I call music, thanks first class old boy.

[jonjamg]

Oh this is lovely! So light. Flanagan and Allen known better in UK but their version is heavy compared to this! Lovey pics, reminds of getting soaked the last time I was in Paris.

[milanslezak2]

Thank you so much for uploading this song, it has become one of my favorites. What a great record!

[chinaskicoen]

merci beaucoup ça fesait longtemp que je cherche ce morceau chanté en français!

[Bardamu448]

Magnifique musique provenant d'un pays en train de disparaitre ! Que dieu ait pitié de la France.

[Masquerade03]

Very charming rendition. I did not know Jo Bouillon so this is a pleasant surprise for me. I agree with you when you talk about his arrangements. They are original and sophisticated. Thanks for sharing Grzegorz.

[dzheger]

Yes, Grzegorz. This tune, from our perspective, invokes a foreboding sensation, as does just about every song of the pre-war period, especially when artists who met a bitter end are involved (Or when the song is especially relaxed and optimistic)