Valentine (Maurice Chevalier song)
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"Valentine" is a song by French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer Maurice Chevalier.[1][2][3][4][5] Its first public performance was in 1925. The song was strongly associated with him, and his imitators use it as "an instant identification symbol".[1] Chevalier performed the song, in French, in two American movies, Innocents of Paris (1928) and Folies Bergère de Paris (1935), but to not offend American sensibilities the word tétons ('breasts') was replaced with a mysterious piton, which translates as 'peg' or 'protuberance'. Piton was needed for the rhyme scheme, but Chevalier always pointed to his nose at that moment in the song, to indicate what part of his lover's anatomy he was supposedly fondling.
"Valentine" | |
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Single by Maurice Chevalier | |
Released | 1925 (1925) |
Genre | Chanson |
Composer(s) | Henri Christiné |
Lyricist(s) | Albert Willemetz |
Producer(s) | Renn Productions |
Music video | |
"Valentine" (audio) "Valentine" Folies Bergère de Paris (video) on YouTube | |