This 2CD collection of French chansonniers will take you back to the heady days of the early to mid 20th Century when the cafés of Paris were alive with singing and dancing and the celebrated Rive Gauche was the place to be. This selection of singers and their trademark songs featuring Serge Gainsbourg, Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, will explain why French popular music of the period continues to exert an enduring appeal.

This 2CD collection of French chansonniers will take you back to the heady days of the early to mid 20th Century when the cafés of Paris were alive with singing and dancing and the celebrated Rive Gauche was the place to be. This selection of singers and their trademark songs featuring Serge Gainsbourg, Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, will explain why French popular music of the period continues to exert an enduring appeal.