September 12 - Maurice Chevalier (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual cycle)

Maurice Chevalier (12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a cabaret singer and actor.

[For last year's post on Ernst Pepping, Harvey Schmidt, and Maurice Chevalier click here.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two Variations on a French Theme

"His suave manner and half-speaking style of singing, together with his trademark tilted straw hat and a possibly exaggerated French accent, gained him international fame as a stage personality…" --  britannica.com

 #1

 

The actor Maurice Chevalier

Was a superstar back in the day,

Which demonstrates that

A tilted straw hat

Can get you a very long way.

 

#2

When the actor Maurice Chevalier

Sang a song in a film or a play, 

His singing (half spoken),

And English (half broken),

Was as bouyant as any soufflé.

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