Diamond's Diamonds

Monsieur Maurice pays tribute to the great songs of Neil.
23 Tracks for your listening pleasure, compiled in true Monsieur Maurice fashion

Tracklist:

01 Beautiful Noise - James Last
02 Cracklin' Rosie - Alan Moorhouse Band
03 That Kind - Glen Campbell
04 Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon - Hugo Montenegro
05 Coldwater Morning - Percy Faith
06 Play Me - Nancy Sinatra
07 Soolaimon - Hardy Kingston & His High Life Music
08 Cherry, Cherry - Anita Kerr & The Anita Kerr Singers
09 Sweet Caroline - The Midas Touch
10 Personne Ne M'aime (Solitary Man) - Dick Rivers
11 Kentucky Woman - The Marina Strings
12 Two-Bit Manchild - Hugo Montenegro
13 Red Red Wine - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
14 Song Sung Blue -Tony Mottola
15 I Am....I Said - James Last
16 Love On The Rocks - Johnny Gregory
17 September Morn - Salena Jones
18 You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore - Muzak
19 Holly Holy-Sweet Caroline - Liberace
20 Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show - Peggy Lee
21 Lordy - Hugo Montenegro
22 C'est Pour Vous Que Je Chante (Thank The Lord For The Night Time) - Les Hou-Lops
23 The Boat That I Row - Sodsay Chaengkli



Enjoy
Monsieur Maurice

Soulfully Undun Two

Another volume of heart-wrenching soul songs. Now we've lost the Queen of Soul, it seems fitting to include some of her songs. There are also a number of tracks by The Sweet Inspirations, who sang her backings on many occasions.

Tracklist :
Disk 1
01 Erma Franklin - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
02 Etta James - You've Lost That Lovin Feelin'
03 Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples - Piece Of My Heart
04 Shirley Ellis - Whisper To Me Wind
05 Verdelle Smith - (Alone) In My Room
06 LaVern Baker - Half Of Your Love
07 Sarah Vaughan - What Now My Love
08 Nina Simone - Ne Me Quitte Pas
09 Deniece Williams - The Paper
10 The Temptations - I Ain't Got Nothin'
11 Bessie Banks - Go Now
12 Rosetta Hightower - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
13 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
14 Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools
15 The Sweet Inspirations - Watch The One Who Brings You The News
16 The Promises - Living In The Footsteps Of Another Girl
17 Dionne Warwick - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 
18 Teri Tornton - Left Alone
19 Big Maybelle - Gloomy Sunday
20 LaVern Baker -  Fool That I Am
21 Betty Carter - Two Cigarettes In The Dark
22 Carla Thomas - Lie To Keep Me From Crying
23 Maxine Brown - Stop
24 Billy Vera & Judy Clay - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

Disk 2
01 Isaac Hayes - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
02 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Fire And Rain
03 Ann Peebles - Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness
04 Rosetta Hightower - Tracks Of My Tears
05 The Marvelettes - Reachin' For Somethin' I Can't Have
06 Aretha Franklin - Satisfaction
07 Jimmy Ruffin - Black Is Black
08 Big Maybelle - 96 Tears
09 Gloria Ann Taylor - Jolene
10 Rosetta Hightower - Every Little Bit Hurts
11 Aretha Franklin - Prove It
12 Dionne Warwick - Lonely In My Heart 
13 The Sweet Inspirations - It's Not Easy
14 Erma Franklin - Son Of A Preacher Man
15 PP Arnold - Letter to Bill
16 Ann Peebles - Lovin' You Without Love
17 Aretha Franklin - Ain't No Way
18 The Sweet Inspirations - Crying In The Rain
19 Esther Phillips - As Tears Go By
20 Verdelle Smith - Tar And Cement
21 Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You
22 Teri Tornton - Detour Ahead
23 Bessie Banks - Try To Leave Me If You Can (I Bet You Can't Do It)
24 The Sweet Inspirations - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man



A whopping 48 tracks on two disks.
Enjoy.

For more Soul and Heartbreak in general, see Undun, More Undun and Soulfully Undun in earlier posts. They are still available in the Big Anniversary Extravaganza.

Box O' Organs

Monsieur Maurice proudly presents his Box O' Organs. A compilation of fine tunes featuring the organ in the leading role.
These nuggets range from Jazz to Easy...

Tracklist :

01 In The Beginning - Lonnie Smith
02 Il Est Mort Le Soleil - Rhoda Scott
03 Move In - Harry Stoneham
04 Love For Sale - Keith Mansfield
05 In Between The Heartaches - Richard "Groove" Holmes
06 Light My Fire - Billy Larkin
07 Moanin' - Keith Mansfield
08 Summertime - Klaus Wunderlich
09 Bluesette - Georges Arvanitas
10 If - Brian Dee
11 The Letter - Booker T & The MG's
12 Exodus - Yvan Guilini
13 Nunca Te Cases Con Un Ferroviario - Miguel Ramos
14 New Fangled Preacher Man - Muzak
15 Spinning Wheel - Harry Stoneham
16 Rainy Days And Mondays Always Get Me Down - Shirley Scott
17 It's A Man's Man's Man's World - Billy Larkin
18 Blues For Keyboard - Big Jim H
19 My Sweet Lord - Miguel Ramos
20 Splanky - Rhoda Scott
21 The Huckle Buck - Billy Larkin
22 Wade In The Water - Rhoda Scott
23 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Wally Green and his Hammond Combo

Enjoy !
Monsieur Maurice

Ciao Bella !

To keep up the 'Summer Vibe', here are some more well known songs. This time sung in Italian. Check them out! They're cool!

Tracklist


01 Io Ho In Mente Te - Equipe 84
02 Sognando La California - I Dik Dik
03 Sono Bugiarda - Caterina Caselli
04 Prendi Prendi - Rosella Santo
05 Datemi Un Biglietto Daereo - I Corvi
06 Tu Vinci Sempre - Katty Line
07 Senza Luce - I Dik Dik
08 Per Chi - Caterina Caselli
09 Il Tocco Dell Amore - Demis Roussos
10 Mi Fa Morire Cantando - Ornella Vanoni
11 Il Volto Della Vita - Caterina Caselli
12 Se Perdo Anche Te - Gianni Morandi
13 Venus - Augusto Righetti
14 Ti Voglio - I Nomadi
15 Girl - Augusto Righetti
16 Non C'E' Pace Per Me - The Rokes
17 Scende La Pioggia Elenore - Gianni Morandi
18 Il Beat Cos'è - La Ragazza 77
19 Stivaletti Rossi - Dalida
20 Bang Bang - Equipe 84
21 Ci Vedremo Domani - The Rokes
22 Il Vento Non Sa Leggere - I Ribelli
23 Un Angelo Blu - Equipe 84
24 Stai Con Me - Rita Pavone
25 La Tua Immagine - Gianni Morandi
26 Nostalgia - Sylvie Vartan
27 Supercalifragilistichespiralidoso - Rita Pavone
 


Godere!
Monsieur Maurice

From one Cat to another...

Monsieur Maurice presents the music from our friend Cat. It became quite an international bunch, so the Love can be spread all over the globe!

Tracklist

01 Wild World - The Ventures
02 Here Comes My Baby - Perry Botkin Jr
03 Hard Headed Woman - Bobby Darin
04 How Can I Tell You - Lani Hall
05 Pai E Filho (Father And Son) - Nara Leão
06 Sad Lisa - Franck Pourcel
07 Lady d'Arbanville - Raymond Lefévre
08 Morning Has Broken - John Morell
09 The First Cut Is The Deepest - PP Arnold
10 (Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard - Linda Lewis
11 Moon Shadow  - Labelle
12 Matthew And Son - Apollo 100
13 Father And Son - Sandie Shaw
14 Má To Takhle Být ( (Ruby My Love) - Martha a Tena
15 Lady d'Arbanville - Miguel Ramos
16 Nel Rosa (Into White) - Mia Martini
17 Peace Train - Hugo Montenegro
18 The Wind - Suzanne
19 Triste Amore (Sad Lisa) - Caterina Caselli
20 Whistle Song (Whistlestar) - Herb Alpert  & the T.J.B
21 If You Want To Sing Out (banjo) - OST Harold and Maude
22 l'm Gonna Get Me A Gun _ Casino Royal _… (medley) - Dan Hill


Peace !
Monsieur Maurice

Anniversary Extravaganza

To mark the 1 year anniversary of the revived Chez Monsieur Maurice, I took the effort of re-upping all the previous posts.
Grab them while they're hot!

Monsieur Maurice

Easy Living Vol.1         

            Easy Living Vol. 2

Easy Living Vol.3

MM's Eurovision Vol.1

MM's Eurovision Vol.2

MM's Eurovision Vol.3

MM Digs Carpenters

MM Digs Glen Campbell

MM Digs Bob Dylan

MM Digs Mo' Bob Dylan

MM Digs Simon & Garfunkel

MM Digs Sgt. Pepper

MM's Mixtape Vol.2

MM's Mixtape Vol.1

MM's Mixtape Vol.4

MM's Mixtape Vol. 3

More Undun

Undun

Soulfully Undun

MM Signature Paul Simon

SleazeBox Compilation

MM's Stereo Elton

MM's Stereo Tom Jones

MM's Stereo Beegees

Vive La France Vol.1

Vive La France Vol.2

Encore une fois !

Let's stay a while longer in La Douce France with Hit songs known from The Mama's & The Papa's, The Moody Blues, Tom Jones, etçétera etçétera... all sung by French superstars.

Tracklist
01 Na Na He He Espoir - Richard Antony
02 Mal - Johnny Hallyday
03 Eloise - Claude François
04 Et Je M'en Vais - Richard Anthony
05 Dieu Merci Il M'Aime Aussi - Nicole Croisille
06 Lundi, Lundi - Richard Anthony
07 Mes Rêves de Satin - Patricia
08 Rien Que Toi - Dick Rivers
09 J'Irai Pleurer Sous La Pluie - Richard Anthony
10 Johnny Rappelle Toi - Les Chats Sauvages
11 Les Enchaines - Les Chaussettes Noires
12 Oui Va Plus Loin - Richard Anthony
13 Hey Joe - Johnny Hallyday
14 Couleurs - Dick Rivers
15 Ce N'était Pas Moi - Hugues Aufray
16 La Voix Du Silence - Marie Laforêt
17 L'Homme Au Traineau - Claude François
18 Toujours Un Coin Qui Me Rappelle - Eddy Mitchell
19 Venus En Blue Jeans - Les Champions
20 Va T'En Va T'En - Dick Rivers
21 Jamais Je Ne Vivrai Sans Toi - Richard Anthony
22 Les Grilles De Ma Maison - Dalida
23 Amour D'été - Johnny Hallyday
24 J'ai Un Secret А Te Dire - Lucky Blondo
25 L'Amour C'est Comme Ça - Claude François
26 Itsi Bitsi Petit Bikini - Dalida
27 Le Martien - Claude François



You know what to do.
Enjoy