Art and Dotty Todd - Chanson D'Amour (Song of Love)

This married couple originally from Rhode Island took "Chanson D'Amour" into the Top 10 in June of 1958, and with the success of this their only hit became a popular lounge act in Las Vegas for years thereafter. Art and Dotty Todd eventually would retire to Hawaii in 1980 where they opened a dinner lounge and lived the rest of their lives.

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[hiboz]

do you have Broken Wings by this great duo

[Nocaro]

Sorry, I don't have that.

[picwoodrick]

The last time I saw Art and Dotty was in 1998, Art took me to his beach club in Waikiki for dinner. Dottie was with us, but she had alzheimer's by then and was not able to say much...Art cared for her until she passed away. They lived at 435 Seaside Ave. in Waikiki for years. They also had a place in Encino, CA. Saw Art in Los Angeles years later, he was a good friend of my grandparents. Art and Dottie performed on Cruise ships in addition to Las Vegas!

[Nocaro]

Thanks for the wonderful comments! I thought about going into more detail on their lives in my own comments, but I sometimes think it's better to let people like you who have met these artists do so.

[Wolfsky9]

Once again, I'm wistful, sad, remembering just how long ago it was---I was 11 y/o, in 6th grade, & I lived to hear my music, & to come home from school in time for American Bandstand. This was a Bandstand favorite, & it will always be one of mine. I turn 65 y/o this year-----where, oh where, have the years gone?? Love this song, 4-Ever. Wolfsky9

[countrypaul]

They had a lot of fine tracks that should have been big hits as well as this one. The sax player should have gotten some credit, too - Plas Johnson, perhaps? Their vocal belnd was wonderful; the overdubbing was pretty radical at the time! I don't miss the '50s except for the music and the cars; I still want a '56 Packard to play this in while my sweetie and I go cruisin'!

[BigIronOnHipMan2]

This was th favorite song of th gang of kids I played with in Wayne, NJ

growing up back in that blissful Yankee Summer of `58... Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta

( Hey, Eugene Sarno -- tell Gary don't hog all them RED pistachios! )

[Rajnoma]

Brings back my early teen years. Yes, those were surely better times. Things were so simple and easy. Now, as a Baby Boomer, I'm turning 66 this year. Where has the time gone? Though I have lost my family (and even my original home!) when I hear this sweet song, I feel calm and happy in my precious memories. Thank you so much for sharing it!

[HHTimepassages]

Great memories, simpler times. What have we done to ourselves?

[spachick78]

@picwoodrick: i used to hear this song on my dad's AM radio station. i lived in hawaii for 5 years, just a few streets down from seaside ave. small world :)

[TheAB58]

1958 We won a dance-off at WAVY-TV Portsmouth,VA of all local High School the prize was a trip/appearance on American Bandstand Good Friday 1958. Dick Clark gave us a Spotlight Dance and played Chanson D'Amour not to miss our day in the sun we (Suzanne Koren/Freddie Crouch) danced to it Jitter-bug style very slow, what a day and what a song. Freddie Crouch fcrouch@yahoo.com

[chg657]

Aww, man...I go back to the very EARLIEST memories of my childhood when I hear this....

[easguitar]

I'll never forget my late Aunt Eunice giving me this 45 as a present- at the time I was into 1st gen rock n roll and did not have the capacity to appreciate it. Since becoming an adult I have for decades tried to locate title and artist. 62 years old and loving the poignancy and feeling of this beautiful tune. Thanks!!!

[jeffsor47]

@Wolfsky9 "Wistful" captures my mood and thoughts about this song perfectly. Thanks for the vocabulary review ,but what do I do now to make myself feel better??

[jeffsor47]

@Wolfsky9 Wolfsky, you took the words right out of my mouth, (Chanson d'amour) yea, where did it go? (64 this yr)