An 'Interesting' Version of Apache

[Didier]

I was always fascinated by the French lyric and thought I could hear "Angleterre" in there somewhere. Years later, it was all confirmed on the internet. That bit is about King John (a contemporary of St Dominic, apparently).

I confirm, it's about King John "Lackland", known as "Jean sans terre" in french.

This song was a huge hit in France, and the "singing num" became a star !

Didier

[MMStingray54]

I got The Singing Nun's record Dominique for Christmas 1963, along with Geronimo, I Want To Hold Your Hand and one or two others, including a single by Steptoe And Son - and still have them all.

It would be wrong to under-estimate the attraction the record exerted at the time, especially to the denizens of Catholic grammar schools.

I was always fascinated by the French lyric and thought I could hear "Angleterre" in there somewhere. Years later, it was all confirmed on the internet. That bit is about King John (a contemporary of St Dominic, apparently).

I'm afraid I was far too young to appreciate the attractions of glamorous young ladies in nun's outfits in 1963 - I do remember it being on the radio a lot though and very catchy it was too - though a little uncool in my mind in comparison with the Beatles - and my parents liked it which was always a bad sign back then!!

Jim, next time we bump into each other at a jam session we'll have to try and play an instrumental version of it - nice catchy melody and root/5 bass part! Glad to hear you have these old records - I have several from that era but most of mine got misappropriated at parties where it was customary for most people to turn up with a few records (or I was so drunk I forgot them and left them behind) or they literally wore out - probably contributed to by blunt/worn out styluses.....