Already missing France Gall

Before I turned twenty and became mostly interested in the British and American sound, I was into French pop music.

As a teenager I had a crush on French singer France Gall and her very simple adolescent love songs. They were straight-forward, unpretentious and truly touched my kid's heart, probably very superficially, but touched it nonetheless.

I'm told she's the singer that inspired the original version of the song that became a worldwide hit for Frank Sinatra as “My Way”; why not? France Gall was just my age when she died in Paris at age 70.

RIP...