A cover of the famous Charles Trenet chanson classique

Aurora Chanson - FRENCH RETRO SONGS
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Aurora Chanson - Douce France

An Edith Piaf cover...

Aurora Chanson - FRENCH RETRO SONGS
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"The Poor People of Paris" is a popular song, with "Paris" being pronounced as "pa-REE".
It was adapted by Jack Lawrence in 1954 from the French language song "La goualante du pauvre Jean" ("The Ballad of Poor John") (words by René Rouzaud, music by Marguerite Monnot[1]). The title arises in part from a misinterpretation of the French title, as "pauvre Jean" was taken for the same-sounding "pauvre gens," which translates as "poor people."

Aurora Chanson - La Goualante du Pauvre Jean (The Poor People Of Paris)

Aurora Chanson - FRENCH RETRO SONGS
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"Trois Petites Notes de Musique"
Musique par Georges Delerue
Paroles par Henri Colpi
Interprété par Yves Montand et Cora Vaucaire

Aurora Chanson - Trois Petites Notes de Musique

Aurora Chanson - FRENCH RETRO SONGS
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"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Les Moulins de Mon Cœur) is a song with music by Michel Legrand, as well as Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, and lyrics by the Bergmans, from the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair. Noel Harrison performed the song for the film score. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1968.

Dusty Springfield's version of the song is also well known; this version reached #31 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart in 1969.

"Les Moulins de Mon Cœur" (The Windmills of Your Mind)
Music by Michel Legrand
Lyrics by Eddy Marnay

Aurora Chanson - Les Moulins de Mon Cœur (The Windmills of Your Mind)

Aurora Chanson - FRENCH RETRO SONGS
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"La Mer" is a song written by French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet (1913–2001).
Trenet wrote the lyrics of "La Mer" on a train in 1943 while travelling along the French Mediterranean coast, returning from Paris to Narbonne. He supposedly wrote the song in ten minutes, on toilet paper supplied by SNCF (National Corporation of French Railways). 

It was not until 1946 that Trenet recorded the song. When it was released in 1946, it became an unexpected hit, and has remained a chanson classic ever since.

Aurora Chanson - La Mer (Beyond the Sea)

Aurora Chanson - FRENCH RETRO SONGS
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"Hier Encore," whose original French title translates as "Only Yesterday," is a song written by Charles Aznavour and released in September 1964.

It was subsequently released in English as "Yesterday, When I Was Young".
The English-language lyrics, written by Herbert Kretzmer, tell of a man reflecting on his life. He recounts how he had wasted his youth on self-centered pursuits, and that, now that he is older, he will not be able to do all that he had planned; this implies that he may be close to his impending death.

Aurora Chanson - Hier Encore (Yesterday, When I Was Young)

"Ne Me Quitte Pas"
Song by written by Jacques Brel from the album "La Valse à Mille Temps"
Published	and released in 1959

"Ne me quitte pas" (English: "Don't leave me") is a 1959 French song by the Belgian chansonnier (singer-songwriter) Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known adaptation, with English lyrics by Rod McKuen, is "If You Go Away".

Aurora Chanson - RETRO FRENCH SONGS
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Aurora Chanson - Ne Me Quitte Pas (If You Go Away)

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Fever - Aurora Colson - CÔTÉ JAZZ

*** FREE DOWNLOAD ***

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Lover Man - Aurora Colson - CÔTÉ JAZZ

LE NOËL DE LA RUE (Edith Piaf)
Paroles: Henri Contet, musique: Marc Heyal, enr. 23 novembre 1951


Petit bonhomme où t'en vas-tu
Courant ainsi sur tes pieds nus?
Je cours après le Paradis
Car c'est Noël à ce qu'on dit...

Le Noël de la rue
C'est la neige et le vent
Et le vent de la rue
Fait pleurer les enfants
La lumière et la joie
Sont derrière les vitrines
Ni pour toi, ni pour moi
C'est pour notre voisine
Mon petit, amuse-toi bien
En regardant, en regardant
Mais surtout, ne touche à rien
En regardant de loin...
Le Noël de la rue
C'est le froid de l'hiver
Dans les yeux grands ouverts
Des enfants de la rue

Collant aux vitres leurs museaux
Tous les petits font le gros dos
Ils sont blottis comme des Jésus
Que Sainte-Marie aurait perdus...

Le Noël de la rue
C'est la neige et le vent
Et le vent de la rue
Fait pleurer les enfants
Ils s'en vont reniflant,
Il s'en vont les mains vides
Nez en l'air et cherchant
Une étoile splendide
Mon petit, si tu la vois
Tout en marchant, tout en marchant
Chauffes-y tes petits doigts
Tout en marchant bien droit
Le Noël de la rue
C'est au ciel de leur vie
Une étoile endormie
Qui n'est pas descendue...

• • •
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Le Noël de la Rue - Aurora Chanson (FREE DOWNLOAD)

"Le Jazz et La Java" by Claude Nougaro is a cover of Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Three to Get Ready".

"Le Jazz et La Java" - reprise de Claude Nougaro inspirée du thème "Three to Get Ready" de Dave Brubeck.

Quand le jazz est
Quand le jazz est là
La java s'en
La java s'en va
Il y a de l'orage dans l'air
Il y a de l'eau dans le gaz
Entre le jazz et la java

Chaque jour un peu plus
Y a le jazz qui s'installe
Alors la rage au cœur
La java fait la malle
Ses p'tit's fesses en bataille
Sous sa jupe fendue
Elle écrase sa Gauloise
Et s'en va dans la rue

Quand le jazz est
Quand le jazz est là
La java s'en
La java s'en va
Il y a de l'orage dans l'air
Il y a de l'eau dans le gaz
Entre le jazz et la java

Quand j'écoute béat
Un solo de batterie
V'là la java qui râle
Au nom de la patrie
Mais quand je crie bravo
A l'accordéoniste
C'est le jazz qui m'engueule
Me traitant de raciste

Quand le jazz est
Quand le jazz est là
La java s'en
La java s'en va
Il y a de l'orage dans l'air
Il y a de l'eau dans le gaz
Entre le jazz et la java

Pour moi jazz et java
C'est du pareil au même
J'me saoule à la Bastille
Et m'noircis à Harlem
Pour moi jazz et java
Dans le fond c'est tout comme
Le jazz dit " Go men "
La java dit " Go hommes "

Quand le jazz est
Quand le jazz est là
La java s'en
La java s'en va
Il y a de l'orage dans l'air
Il y a de l'eau dans le gaz
Entre le jazz et la java

Jazz et java copains
Ça doit pouvoir se faire
Pour qu'il en soit ainsi
Tiens, je partage en frère
Je donne au jazz mes pieds
Pour marquer son tempo
Et je donne à la java mes mains
Pour le bas de son dos
Et je donne à la java mes mains
Pour le bas de son dos

• • •
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Aurora Chanson - Le Jazz et La Java **FREE DOWNLOAD**

"Mistral Gagnant" est une chanson de Renaud, éponyme de l’album Mistral gagnant paru en 1985.

Le titre vient du nom d’une ancienne confiserie, le Mistral gagnant, disparue bien avant l’enregistrement de la chanson.
C’est une chanson dans laquelle le chanteur parle de ses souvenirs et des bonbons de son enfance. Elle est largement imprégnée de la mélancolie du chanteur exprimée au travers de ses souvenirs de bonbons, aujourd’hui disparus comme le temps qu’on ne peut pas récupérer. Elle est destinée à sa fille Lolita.

Renaud raconte que cette chanson ne devait pas figurer sur l’album, car il pensait qu’elle « était trop personnelle et n’intéresserait pas grand monde. ». Appelant sa femme Dominique depuis le studio d’enregistrement, il la lui a chantée au téléphone. Après l’avoir entendue, elle lui a dit : « Si tu ne l’enregistres pas, je te quitte... »

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Aurora Chanson - Mistral Gagnant (FREE DOWNLOAD)

AURORA CHANSON - French singer available for: Weddings, restaurants, French theme nights, birthdays, anniversaries, private functions, and more...

With her powerful and expressive voice and an extensive repertoire of famous and not so famous French songs - from "Les Feuilles Mortes" (Autumn Leaves) to "La Mer" (Beyond The Sea) - Aurora takes you on a journey through Gay Paris, from the cobbled streets of Montmartre to the Parisien cafés with their old-fashioned charm and romance. 

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AURORA CHANSON - "J'Ai Deux Amours"

OUT NOW on BEATPORT: http://www.beatport.com/release/m-tamorphose/1309467

Flirting with the sounds of House, French Touch and Nu-Disco, Métamorphose has many facets, yet retains a single vision. La Boutique's new LP is pre-eminently a collection of well-crafted pop songs and glorious club hits, with an 80's flavour that isn't too overpowering.
Highlights here include La Boutique's first and classic single "Go On", the lethally catchy "Under The Sun", as well as La Boutique's latest single, "St-Tropez Lifestyle", an essential summer track for 2014.
The album closes with the beautifully haunting down-tempo number "Une Île" sung by Aurora in her original language.
Overall, Métamorphose is a highly catchy, well-produced collection stylish dance-pop tunes.

Written, Produced & Performed by: Aurore Colson & Fed Conti
C+P 2014 Mahjong Music Ltd

Released by: Mahjong Music Ltd 
Release/catalogue number: MHJ14074LP
Release date: May 14, 2014

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La Boutique - Une Île (from the new album "Métamorphose")

“Cat in a Circus”, is an original melange of French, Irish and English acoustic arrangements, using everything from a guitar and cello, to Irish pipes and banjo.

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CREDITS:

'Madrid Madrid'
Nilda Fernandez

'Hot Dogs'
Willy Barrett

'Aha'
Willy Barrett

'Donna Donna / La Chanson de Prévert'
Sheldon Secunda / Serge Gainsbourg / poem ‘Notions’ John Devine

'Spida Spida'
Mary Holland

'Jument de Michao'
Trad Arr. Willy Barrett / John Devine 

'Santiano / The Star of County Down'
Trad Arr. Willy Barrett / John Devine / French lyrics Jacques Plante

'La Goutte D’eau'
Trad Arr Willy Barrett / French lyrics Simon Monceau

'Paris Swing / Milord'
Willy Barrett /Milord: lyrics by Georges Moustaki, music by Marguerite Monnot

'Hello Stranger / Plaisir D’amour'
Alvin Carter / Trad Arr. Willy Barrett
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Directed by God Father of Grunge Folk Wild Willy Barrett, this dynamic quartet brings a touch of “oo-la-la” to the UK as French chanteuse extraordinaire Aurora Colson takes centre stage, leaving the musicians to demonstrate their individual talents.

This Francophile adventure was originally inspired by Parisian singer Marie-Laure Hucher, who is regrettably unable to continue to tour in the UK due to her other commitments in France. As a result, the band is very happy to welcome on board French vocalist Aurora Colson. Originally from Nancy, county of Lorraine in the East of France, Aurora has a foot on both sides of the Channel, for she has been living and singing in London for more than 11 years.

Captivating audiences both English and French alike with her compelling and expressive vocals, she effortlessly tackles a wide range of styles:
From Gypsy jazz to traditional Celtic, with an occasional hint of Piaf thrown into the mix, her natural “pazzaz” and charmingly French personality shine through.

Aurora has a fond love for Jazz and «chansons rétro» and is planning on bringing an even more “Retro French Touch” to the formation: 
"I was always interested in music while I was growing up - singing all the time, playing a little keyboard as a pre-teen, grabbing opportunities to play my Dad’s drum kit when I was a teenager. I also discovered the old songs by Charles Trénet, Yves Montand, Édith Piaf and others that my grandparents were playing on their radios – I just loved these."

If you are looking for a band within a very specific genre, then... forget us! But if you are looking for a truly original show, full of humour and surprises, where violin, banjo, Uilleann pipes and percussion intertwine with powerful vocals, or where cello, guitar and flute compliment the mesmerizing voice of our singer, then we are the ones you were waiting for!

Wild Willy Barrett’s French Connection has been touring the UK this autumn, with a new handful of concerts already programmed for February and June 2015.

Website: http://www.wildwillybarrett.com/
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WILD WILLY BARRETT'S FRENCH CONNECTION - Cat In A Circus (album taster)

Recorded live at The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, on Saturday 4th February 2015. 
Aurora Colson: Vocals
Robin Bibi: Guitar, vocals
Chris Neill: Piano, Melodica
Alan O'Connor: Double bass
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'A Night in Paris' is the critically acclaimed new French cabaret show starring Aurora and the Chanson Trio.

The show features the songs/jazz standards made famous by some of France's best known singers/composers, including Édith Piaf, Yves Montand, Charles Trénet, Django Reinhardt, Charles Aznavour, Michel Legrand, Françoise Hardy, plus a springling of surprise. 

The Chanson Trio features the legendary Robin Bibi on jazz guitar (nominated for Best Acoustic Act and Best Guitarist in the British Blues Awards 2014 and winner of Best Guitar Solo in the WRC Awards 2014), Al O'Connor on double string bass, and the award winning Chris Neill on piano/keyboard. The star vocalist is the French singing sensation Aurora Colson, who has taken the showbiz world by storm with her exceptional voice and stage presence.

A tour de force of French retro, 'A Night in Paris' will transport you back to the Paris of yesteryear for an evening of superb entertainment.

Enquiries and bookings contact Warren Walters of Aspects Productions at 020 8973 3605 or 07808 156 797

Aurora & the Chanson Trio - Sous Le Ciel de Paris/Parisienne Walkways

'Toulouse' publiée initialement sous le titre 'Ô Toulouse' est une célèbre chanson de Claude Nougaro, parue en avril 1967 sur un 45 tours édité par le label Philips. Le chanteur rend un important et personnel hommage à sa ville natale, Toulouse.
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Aurora Chanson - Toulouse (Claude Nougaro cover)

Recorded at the Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, by Doug Taylerson on 04 Apr 2015.

Vocals, ukulele: Aurora Colson
Guitar: Robin Bibi
Piano, Melodica: Chris Neill
Double-bass, guitar: Al O'Connor

Facebook: www.facebook.com/aurorachansontrio

'A Night in Paris' is the critically acclaimed new French cabaret show starring Aurora and the Chanson Trio.

The show features the songs/jazz standards made famous by some of France's best known singers/composers, including Édith Piaf, Yves Montand, Charles Trénet, Django Reinhardt, Charles Aznavour, Michel Legrand, Françoise Hardy, plus a springling of surprise.

The Chanson Trio features the legendary Robin Bibi on jazz guitar (nominated for Best Acoustic Act and Best Guitarist in the British Blues Awards 2014 and winner of Best Guitar Solo in the WRC Awards 2014), Al O'Connor on double string bass, and the award winning Chris Neill on piano/keyboard. The star vocalist is the French singing sensation Aurora Colson, who has taken the showbiz world by storm with her exceptional voice and stage presence.

A tour de force of French retro, 'A Night in Paris' will transport you back to the Paris of yesteryear for an evening of superb entertainment.

1/ La Vie En Rose (Piaf)
2/ La Javanaise (Gainsbourg)
3/ C'est Si Bon (Marco)
4/ Chez Les Yé-Yé (Gainsbourg)
5/ Milord (Piaf)
6/ She (Aznavour)
7/ La Mer (Trénet)
8/ Hier Encore (Aznavour)
9/ Autumn Leaves (Kosma)
10/ Parisienne Walkways (Moore)

For enquiries and bookings, contact Warren Walters of Aspects Productions at 020 8973 3605 or 07808 156 797

Aurora & the Chanson Trio - Live at the Cabbage Patch (sampler)

Recorded Live at the Half Moon, Putney, on Tuesday 8th September 2015.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aurorachansontrio
Aurora Colson: Vocals
Robin Bibi: Guitar
Chris Neill: Keys
Peter Miles: Drums

'A Night in Paris' is the critically acclaimed new French cabaret show starring Aurora and the Chanson Trio.
The show features the songs/jazz standards made famous by some of France's best known singers/composers, including Édith Piaf, Yves Montand, Charles Trénet, Django Reinhardt, Charles Aznavour, Michel Legrand, Françoise Hardy, plus a sprinkling of surprise.
The Chanson Trio features the legendary Robin Bibi on jazz guitar (nominated for Best Acoustic Act and Best Guitarist in the British Blues Awards 2014 and winner of Best Guitar Solo in the WRC Awards 2014), and the star vocalist French singing sensation Aurora Colson, who has taken the showbiz world by storm with her exceptional voice and stage presence.
A tour de force of French retro, 'A Night in Paris' will transport you back to the Paris of yesteryear for an evening of superb entertainment.

For information and bookings, contact Warren Walters of Aspects Productions at 020 8973 3605 or 07808 156 797. 


Aurora & the Chanson Trio - "39 de Fièvre (Fever)"

Live at the Half Moon, Putney, London - Tuesday 8th September 2015
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aurorachansontrio
Aurora Colson: Vocals
Robin Bibi: Guitar and Vocals
Chris Neill: Keys
Peter Miles: Drums

'A Night in Paris' is the critically acclaimed new French cabaret show starring Aurora and the Chanson Trio.
The show features the songs/jazz standards made famous by some of France's best known singers/composers, including Édith Piaf, Yves Montand, Charles Trénet, Django Reinhardt, Charles Aznavour, Michel Legrand, Françoise Hardy, plus a sprinkling of surprise.
The Chanson Trio features the legendary Robin Bibi on jazz guitar (nominated for Best Acoustic Act and Best Guitarist in the British Blues Awards 2014 and winner of Best Guitar Solo in the WRC Awards 2014), and the star vocalist French singing sensation Aurora Colson, who has taken the showbiz world by storm with her exceptional voice and stage presence.
A tour de force of French retro, 'A Night in Paris' will transport you back to the Paris of yesteryear for an evening of superb entertainment.

For information and bookings, contact Warren Walters of Aspects Productions at 020 8973 3605 or 07808 156 797. 

Aurora & the Chanson Trio - "Sous Le Ciel de Paris/Parisienne Walkways"

Live at the Half Moon, Putney, London - Tuesday 8th September 2015
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aurorachansontrio
Aurora Colson: Vocals
Robin Bibi: Guitar
Chris Neill: Keys
Peter Miles: Drums

'A Night in Paris' is the critically acclaimed new French cabaret show starring Aurora and the Chanson Trio.
The show features the songs/jazz standards made famous by some of France's best known singers/composers, including Édith Piaf, Yves Montand, Charles Trénet, Django Reinhardt, Charles Aznavour, Michel Legrand, Françoise Hardy, plus a sprinkling of surprise.
The Chanson Trio features the legendary Robin Bibi on jazz guitar (nominated for Best Acoustic Act and Best Guitarist in the British Blues Awards 2014 and winner of Best Guitar Solo in the WRC Awards 2014), and the star vocalist French singing sensation Aurora Colson, who has taken the showbiz world by storm with her exceptional voice and stage presence.
A tour de force of French retro, 'A Night in Paris' will transport you back to the Paris of yesteryear for an evening of superb entertainment.

For information and bookings, contact Warren Walters of Aspects Productions at 020 8973 3605 or 07808 156 797. 

Aurora & the Chanson Trio - "Boum!"

Aurora & the Chanson Trio - "She"

Aurora & the Chanson Trio - "Autumn Leaves" (Les Feuilles Mortes)

"Avec le temps" est une chanson de Léo Ferré écrite et composée en 1969 et enregistrée en octobre 1970.
Cette chanson emblématique de Léo Ferré sur l'amour déçu est inspirée de sa propre expérience de vie. Véritable classique, c'est sa chanson la plus reprise. Elle a été interprétée entre autres par Catherine Sauvage, Dalida, Jane Birkin, Philippe Léotard, Henri Salvador, Juliette Gréco, Alain Bashung, Michel Jonasz...
Voici notre version...
•••
"Avec le temps" is a song written and composed in 1969 by Léo Ferré, and recorded in October 1970.
This emblematic song, about the disappointments of love, was inspired by Ferré's own life experiences. Being a true “classic”, this song has been covered many times, by artists such as Catherine Sauvage, Dalida, Jane Birkin, Philippe Léotard, Henri Salvador, Juliette Gréco, Alain Bashung, and Michel Jonasz...
This is our version…

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Avec Le Temps (FREE DOWNLOAD) - Aurora & Tom Wilson

Vocals: Aurora Colson
Piano: Tom Wilson
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Life On Mars - Aurora Colson & Tom Wilson

Words & Music by Jack Segal & Marvin Fisher, 1946
Most famously recorded by Mel Tormé, 1956, and by Nat "King" Cole, 1957

Aurora regularly sings the Great American Songbook accompanied by New York Jazz pianist Al Clogston.
Depending on the venue and occasion, they can expand as a trio or a quartet, adding drums and saxophone to their formation.

Al Clogston's website: http://www.alclogston.co.uk
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When Sunny Gets Blue - Aurora Colson & Al Clogston

"Moonlight in Vermont" is a popular song about the U.S. state of Vermont, written by John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf and published in 1943.

The lyrics are unusual in that they do not rhyme. John Blackburn, the lyricist, has been quoted as saying, "After completing the first 12 bars of the lyric, I realized there was no rhyme and then said to Karl, 'Let’s follow the pattern of no rhyme throughout the song. It seemed right.'"
The lyrics are also metrically interesting in that each verse (not counting the bridge) is a haiku. The song is considered an unofficial state song of Vermont and is frequently played as the first dance song at Vermont wedding receptions.

The song was recorded by Jo Stafford in 1946, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in 1956, Frank Sinatra in 1957, Sarah Vaughan in 1958, Earl Grant in 1961, and Willie Nelson in 1978. 

There are few sycamore trees in Vermont and few meadowlarks; Blackburn, who wrote the lyrics, was from Ohio.

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Moonlight In Vermont - Aurora Colson & Al Clogston

The love theme from Romeo and Juliet 1968 film soundtrack - Made popular by Johnny Mathis. (Words by Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder / Music by Nino Rota)

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A Time For Us - Aurora Colson - FREE DOWNLOAD

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"Moonlight in Vermont" is a popular song about the U.S. state of Vermont, written by John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf and published in 1943.

The lyrics are unusual in that they do not rhyme. John Blackburn, the lyricist, has been quoted as saying, "After completing the first 12 bars of the lyric, I realized there was no rhyme and then said to Karl, 'Let’s follow the pattern of no rhyme throughout the song. It seemed right.'"
The lyrics are also metrically interesting in that each verse (not counting the bridge) is a haiku. The song is considered an unofficial state song of Vermont and is frequently played as the first dance song at Vermont wedding receptions.

The song was recorded by Jo Stafford in 1946, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in 1956, Frank Sinatra in 1957, Sarah Vaughan in 1958, Earl Grant in 1961, and Willie Nelson in 1978.

There are few sycamore trees in Vermont and few meadowlarks; Blackburn, who wrote the lyrics, was from Ohio.

"Moonlight in Vermont" - photograph by Mark Waslick - cover design by Aurora Colson

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Moonlight In Vermont - Aurora Colson & Tom Wilson - FREE DOWNLOAD

Nuages - Aurora Colson - CÔTÉ JAZZ

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Secret Love is the first single of Aurora's upcoming jazz covers album, "Côté Jazz". This uptempo swing version is far removed from the original performed by Doris day in the 1953 film 'Calamity Jane'.
(Music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster)

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Secret Love - Aurora Colson - CÔTÉ JAZZ

Aurora Colson, born an only child of drummer Daniel Colson and his wife Jacqueline, developed her passion for music whilst growing up in Neuves-Maisons, a small industrial town in the North East of France.

"I was always interested in music while I was growing up - singing all the time, playing a little keyboard as a pre-teen, grabbing opportunities to play my Dad’s drum kit when I was a teenager."
"I also discovered the old songs by Charles Trenet, Maurice Chevalier, Édith Piaf and others that my grandparents were playing on their radios – I just loved these." 

Whilst pursuing her primary studies in “Art Appliqués” and graphic design, Aurora taught herself to play some guitar in her early 20’s to accompany herself while singing and writing songs. Later came a keyboard and an Apple computer with Reason and Cubase - and started more serious songwriting.

A creative collaboration with Italian keyboard-player/producer Fed Conti resulted in the release of a collection of singles and two albums of electronic dance music under the name "La Boutique".
Several La Boutique’s tracks have been synchronized with television commercials, as well as featured in videogames. Their new LP, "Métamorphose" has just been released in June 2014. 

'Live' performance was as important next step, so from 2005 onwards, Aurora identified several opportunities to sing with bands.

In 2008, Aurora formed a duo with pianist Kate Batchelor, playing a mix of pop standards and French songs. "Although I sang in English at first, later I included French songs, which the audiences loved."

In 2010, Aurora established a musical/creative partnership with the guitarist and producer Mike Collins; the two have released a series of singles as well as three EPs, mainly covers of well-known French songs, Pop tunes and Jazz standards, all available on iTunes store.

In 2011, Aurora started performing a selection of Jazz and American popular standards with a New York pianist, Al Clogston. 
“I am finding myself more and more attracted to “all time classics” by great American composers such as Cole Porter and Irving Berlin; their songs are like beautiful pearls, perfectly rounded, amazingly written; timeless, and incredibly romantic!…”Depending on the venue and occasion, they can expand as a trio or a quartet, adding drums and saxophone to their formation.

Aurora's latest venture is a jump back to her roots; under the name of "Aurora Chanson", she performs as a solo artist an extensive repertoire of famous and not so famous French songs - from "Les Feuilles Mortes" (Autumn Leaves) to "La Mer" (Beyond The Sea) - Aurora takes you on a journey through Gay Paris, from the cobbled streets of Montmartre to the Parisien cafés with their old-fashioned charm and romance. 
 
Whilst exploring the gems of the Great American Songbook, enjoying live performance, and re-visiting her beloved retro French repertoire, Aurora is also keeping a hand on songwriting, constantly working on new songs for La Boutique, but also currently writing her first solo album. 
 
Never one to sit still, Aurora is always open to discussing new opportunities and ventures.

"En avant la musique!"

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