Par une nuit d’étoiles (AU1998-1073-010)
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Title
Par une nuit d’étoiles (AU1998-1073-010)
Subject
Description
Excerpt from interview of Alberta Gagné (TC1998-1073-010) by Martha Pellerin. Part of a project (VFC1998-0007) on Franco-American song in New England funded by the Vermont Folklife Center and undertaken by Pellerin. Interview is one in a series of six conducted between 1995-01-09 and 1995-12-06 as an effort to document the French language song repertoire of Gagné.
“Par une nuit d’étoiles” (”One starry night“) is an original song from Quebec western singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Brunelle (1923-1994). Brunelle got his taste for singing and performance as a member of a youth choir, and in the early 1940s rose to the attention of RCA Victor, after winning two talent contests hosted by the Montreal CKAC radio show Living Room Furniture. Victor signed him on and he began a very successful career translating American pop western songs and writing his own western songs. Brunelle toured in Quebec, Ontario and the Maritime provinces with a troupe mixing music and skits 1949-1951 and went on to star in his daily radio show on CKVL in Montreal from 1955-1957. In the 1960, RCA Victor re-released Brunelle’s hits on a series of 33rpm recordings.
Brunelle first recorded “Une nuit d’étoiles on the RCA Victor Bluebird label as a 78 rpm (55 5281) in 1947. Alberta Gagné’s version of the song is virtually identical to the Brunelle original recording.
“Par une nuit d’étoiles” (”One starry night“) is an original song from Quebec western singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Brunelle (1923-1994). Brunelle got his taste for singing and performance as a member of a youth choir, and in the early 1940s rose to the attention of RCA Victor, after winning two talent contests hosted by the Montreal CKAC radio show Living Room Furniture. Victor signed him on and he began a very successful career translating American pop western songs and writing his own western songs. Brunelle toured in Quebec, Ontario and the Maritime provinces with a troupe mixing music and skits 1949-1951 and went on to star in his daily radio show on CKVL in Montreal from 1955-1957. In the 1960, RCA Victor re-released Brunelle’s hits on a series of 33rpm recordings.
Brunelle first recorded “Une nuit d’étoiles on the RCA Victor Bluebird label as a 78 rpm (55 5281) in 1947. Alberta Gagné’s version of the song is virtually identical to the Brunelle original recording.
Abstract
It all happened on an old ship anchored over there on the shore, as the orchestra played, we waltzed, and from a-near I gazed at you. You were beautiful, dressed in white, like a star in the sky. And as I looked at you, I knew someday you would be mine.
Refrain:
On a starry night, I met you,
You were marvelous; I approached you,
I asked you to waltz with me,
And with a kind look, you agreed.
Refrain:
On a starry night, I met you,
You were marvelous; I approached you,
I asked you to waltz with me,
And with a kind look, you agreed.
Source
VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. TC1998-1073 interview with Alberta Gagné. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Date
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Copyright (c) Vermont Folklife Center
Relation
Full Interview: vfc1998-0005_tc1998-1073
Language
fra
Identifier
vfc1998-0007_tc1998-1073-001b-001
Song Item Type Metadata
Supplied Title
Par une nuit d'étoiles
Standard Title
Par une nuit d’étoiles
First Line
Par un nuit d'étoiles, je vous ai rencontré
Transcription
(BEGIN SINGING)
[Refrain] :
Par une nuit d'étoiles, je vous ai rencontré,
Vous étiez admirable, je me suis approché,
Et pour un tour de valse je vous ai demandé,
Et d'un regard aimable vous avez accepté.
Tout se passa sur un vieux bateau,
Ancré là-bas au bord de l'eau.
L’orchestre jouait et on valsait,
Moi de près je vous regardais.
Refrain
Vous étiez belle, vêtue de blanc,
Comme une étoile au firmament,
En vous voyant je savais qu'un jour,
Vous seriez mienne pour toujours.
Refrain
(END SINGING)
Translation
strophic: two four-line verses and a four-line refrain which precedes both verses and follows second verse
Interviewer
Location
Original Format
sound cassette (analog)
Files
Citation
“Par une nuit d’étoiles (AU1998-1073-010),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed October 17, 2024, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/325.
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