Yéyé
Yéyé is a genre of French , Portuguese and Spanish-language pop music of the 1960s .
France
The name is derived from the English exclamation Yeah , which was a popular filler word in English beat music , for example in the Beatles song She Loves You . In the broader sense, yéyé is assigned to pop singers of various styles, including rockers like Johnny Hallyday , as well as Richard Anthony , Frank Alamo and Jacques Dutronc .
In a narrower sense, les yéyés are interpreters who are based on the sound of American girl groups . The stars of the Yéyé include Françoise Hardy , France Gall , Sheila , Les Surfs and Sylvie Vartan in particular . The most famous Yéyé composer of the time was Serge Gainsbourg , who wrote France Galls Poupée de cire, poupée de son , among others ; with this song Gall won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 . In the late 1960s, actresses Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin also hit the charts with Gainsbourg's compositions.
Portugal
In Portugal , too, the term developed as a term for Anglo-Saxon light music of the teenagers of the 1960s, especially after the worldwide success of the Beatles song She Loves You and its style- defining Yeah, yeah, yeah refrain.
In Portugal, the term YéYé is now used synonymously with rock 'n' roll in the broader sense and the emergence of this youthful light music in the country from 1955. In Portugal, too, music initially met with skepticism in the established music business, but only moderately. The popular fado singer and actress Hermínia Silva , for example, released an EP in Portugal in which she ironized the musical direction . Bands such as Quinteto Académico , Os Sheiks or Conjunto Académico João Paulo finally established the style in Portugal, after initially mostly individual yé-yé pieces by well-known singers, such as António Calvário . The first record of the YéYé in Portugal is the EP Os Caloiros da Canção (English: The Newcomers of the Song) by Daniel Bacelar and his band Os Conchas, which was released in 1960 .
Brazil
In Brazil, Yé-Yé was named iê-iê-iê, the movement of the Jovem Guarda , from which Roberto Carlos emerged as the most famous singer. Technically, iê-iê-iê is primarily defined by the exchange of traditional instruments such as violin and piano with electric guitar and electric bass. Young musicians in the country developed Anglo-Saxon teenage music from a Brazilian point of view and established the use of the electrically amplified guitar among the general public. The following Tropicalismo movement built on this.
Web links
- Teppaz and co French website about the 1960s
- Os Reis do Yé Yé Portuguese website about the genre of music (as blog)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Discreet Charm of Onanism , Magnus Klaue, Jungle World, No. 29 of July 17, 2014
- ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no século XX, L – P. Círculo de Leitores / Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010, ISBN 978-989-644-108-1
- ↑ www.mischalke04.com , accessed November 30, 2012
- ↑ Article of November 29, 2011 in the daily newspaper Público , accessed on June 23, 2013
- ↑ www.revistaquem.globo.com , accessed November 30, 2012