Annie Cordy's 5 hits that will stay in your head all day

Annie Cordy on stage for "Tender Age and Wood Head" in 2008 -

It is difficult to summarize nearly 60 years of career in a few lines.

Annie Cordy died on Friday at the age of 92, leaving behind a cultural heritage to millions of French people.

In addition to the forty films in which she has played, the twenty musical comedies she has performed, the thousands of galas she has given, the Belgian was above all a music hall artist.

Let's take a look back at his most striking hits, which will definitely make you nod your head.

Hello the Sun is Shining

 (1958)

One of the most iconic songs in cinema is the

“Colonel Bogey March”, popularized in the film

where we see English soldiers prisoners of the Japanese taking it back.

Annie Cordy, she wants to add French lyrics on this track which is devoid of it.

In 1958, the singer gave a more jovial spirit to this martial air, and made it a summer anthem that year.

The priest's maid

 (1974)

Annie Cordy's greatest musical success, released in 1974, sold almost two copies.

"It's not convenient to be in fashion, when you're good at the priest", even half a century later, the lyrics (and the tune of the song) remain in the head of anyone who dares to press " Play ”.

Frida oum papa

 (1975)

With her articulated braids, Annie Cordy proves her love for disguise.

Just after the success of

, the singer plays “the little gretchen with big arms”, born in Bavaria, baptized with beer, and who loves sausages.

The good things in life, what.

Tata Yoyo

 (1980)

Maybe this is the song that came straight to your mind when Annie Cordy was announced death.

With her head full of birds,

 could be compared to a kind of self-portrait, that of a performer who is not afraid of ridicule.

Carnival character, a thousand faces are hidden under this big hat.

She says it herself: "Since the time that I have been carrying around among the carnival masks, my crazy charm, my figure, it bothers them, they are jealous.

"

Cho Ka Ka O

 (1985)

As if we needed more proof of her love for all kinds of outfits, Annie Cordy arrived in the mid-1980s with a mug full of hot chocolate on her head.

A real popular success, the song has sold around 300,000 copies.

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