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The Ye-Ye Girls Appr.

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Gals like Francoise Hardy, Frances Gall, and though not a girl a prime mover in it Serge Gainsbourg.

For those that arent familiar with this movement , heres a wiki excerpt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yé-yé
Y?©-y?© was a style of pop music that emerged out of France and Qu?©bec in the early 1960s.

Notable y?©-y?© singers were Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday, Petula Clark, Fran?ßoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc, Sheila, France Gall, Frank Alamo, Eddy Mitchell, Claude Fran?ßois, and Chantal Goya.

Y?©-y?© was an influence on later musical trends, such as the Japanese Shibuya-kei scene, as well as artists such as April March , Les Wampas, and Les Breastfeeders.

[edit] Cultural References

* A 1964 Life article entitled "Hooray For the Y?©-Y?© Girls" attempted to introduce three popular female y?©-y?© singers, Sylvie Vartan, Sheila and Fran?ßoise Hardy, to American readers. It erroneously implies that fans shouting "y?©-y?©" whenever the singers perform is where the term "y?©-y?©" comes from.[1]

* In her 1964 essay "Notes on 'Camp'", Susan Sontag cited y?©-y?© as an example of an entire genre being annexed by the camp sensibility.[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Y?©-Y?© Land
2. ^ Susan Sontag: Notes On "Camp"
 

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