La Mama

Charles Aznavour's La Mamma appeared in 1963, ten years after his first real chart hit, Jezebel. Gone are the Maurice Chevalier cribs and the Louis Prima stylistics. In their place is a sense of poetic French drama, a command of his own gravelly voice even Aznavour thought impossible, and a pop singer so theatrical in his delivery he has been caricatured more than any other French vocalist. 1995 reissue fro EMI Holland.