“Est-ce que tu le sais?”, Sylvie Vartan’s version of Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say”, was released on 12 December 1961.
The Ye-Yea girl opened for Vince Taylor at Paris Olympia for her second concert. In July she toured France with Gilbert Bécaud. In autumn 1962 she released her version of “The Loco-Motion” on EP and her first LP, Sylvie. Her next hit was “Tous mes copains”, issued on EP in 1962.
Vartan also had her first adult part in a movie with the small part of a singer in the film Un clair de lune à Maubeuge. In 1963, Paul Anka offered her the song “I’m Watching You”, which became her first international hit in Japan and Korea. She rounded out the year with four TV specials and becoming the darling of the teen magazine Salut les Copains. Six of her 31 songs released in 1962/1963 became Top-20 European hits
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