I'd appreciate any help in coming up with suggestions for French music (particularly with lyrics) to play at a French-themed ballroom party (standard/smooth/rhythm/latin). So far, I have: - Waltz: Plaisir D'Amour - Nana Mouskouri - Waltz: Le Long De La Seine (Song From Moulin Rouge) - French Flavours - Waltz: Bon Soir - Placido Domingo - Foxtrot: Solitude City - Les Forbans - Viennese Waltz: Les Valses De Vienne - Francois Feldman - Viennese Waltz: Aux Marche Du Palais - Nana Mouskouri - Tango: Plaisir D'Amour - Cantavano and his Orchestra [No lyrics though] - Rumba: Paris - Karen Souza - Samba: Chez Les Ye-Ye - Boogalox - West Coast Swing: Mademoiselle chante le blues - Patricia Kaas Merci beaucoup.
Ce Si Bon comes to mind. There is a ballroom cha cha or rumba version out there somewhere- surely someone will know where to find it.
Rumba: Et Si Tu N'existais Pas - Joe Dassin Viennese Waltz: Sous Les Ponts/Ciel de Paris Foxtrot: Juke-box - Dimie Cat
I expect you know already, but if not -- the casa musica website has a search option for "French vocals". They seem to have 30-ish French songs for each of standard and latin.
you could try some selections from carla bruni: quelqu'en m'a dit - vw l'excessive - a super slow fox i love, love, love dancing to french music, your party sounds great...
Thanks for the suggestion, although I haven't been able to find that option. Are you referring to the casa-musica.de site? If so, could you tell me how you found that search option.
Love valses de vienne Tango: in-tango by in-grid Waltz: (its a little slow but you can speed it up) Je suis malade by lara fabian
On the left side of the main page, click on "Download-Shop". Then on the left side of the new page, click on the style or dance you want. It will give you a list of downloadable songs, with a box on the top to "Narrow your selection," which includes check boxes for vocals in various languages.
Mon coeur n'est pas un numero - Album: Comme Ca, Atrist: Marie Elaine Thibert It is a great Viennese Waltz.
If you want Merengue and just fun stuff try the album Medley Tropical by La Compagnie Creole. They are very popular in Montreal.
Madeleine Peyroux's J'ai Deux Amours is a nice really slow foxtrot but has a really long intro Rufus Wainwright's Complainte de la Butte from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack - Viennese Amelie Soundtrack has a couple tracks you could probably use. I think one version of La Valse d'Amelie is a Viennese. I think there's a French language version of Beyond the Sea, as well.
Argentine - (Tango) Princesse - Julie Zenatti Cha Cha - Je Veux te Voir - Yelle (warning: do not play this if anyone speaks French) Foxtrot - Les Femmes - Yelle Foxtrot - Le Chat Noir - Frenchy and the Punk Peabody (quickstep?) - La Voiture - Dimie Cat Rumba (American) - C'Etait Toi - Billy Joel Samba - Post-it - Dimie Cat Viennese - Le Festin (from Ratatouille) - Dance Charts Step 5 Waltz - Parlami d'Amore Mariu West Coast - Le Ballet - Celine Dion
Le Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves) - Andrea Bocelli cover - I've seen it used for Rumba or Int'l Foxtrot.
Part Un Bolero Zbigniew Preisner - "L'amour Au Premier Regard" (from my favorite film, no less) Yann Tiersen - "Bagatelle" Yann Tiersen - "Plus d'Hiver" Rumba Alizee - "J'ai pas vingt ans"
Et maintentant, Part Deux! Waltz Barbara - "Septembre (Quel Joli Temps)" Hustle Alizee - "J'en ai marre!" Alizee - "Moi Lolita" Alizee - "A Contre-Courant"
