Publisher's Synopsis
From Django Reinhardt and ?dith Piaf to Fran?oise Hardy and Serge Gainsbourg, French pop has long fascinated the outside world. This book, the first in depth history published outside France, travels from music halls, jazz cellars and caf?s to discoth?ques and teenage parties to tell the tale of how the French transitioned from accordions to electric guitars, from Maurice Chevalier to Johnny Hallyday, from the existential angst of Left Bank chanson to the effervescent joy of y? y?, and emerged in the sixties with their own unique and much-loved spin on the pop music conquering the world.
