Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Halie Loren – Le Premier Bonheur du Jour
©Rodney Smith photography
Lyrics - Franck Gérald; music - Jean Renard
Album - Simply Love (2013)
Producers – Halie Loren and Matt Treder
Label – Justin Time Records
Sound recording - [Merlin] IDLA-INgrooves/Justin Time Records, Inc.
Personnel: Halie Loren - vocals; Matt Treder- piano, Rhodes piano, string arrangements; Mark Schneider - bass; Brian West - drums, percussion; Willian Seiji Marsh - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10); Daniel Gallo - guitar (track 13); Sergei Teleshev - button accordion; Craig Chee - ukulele; Dale Bradley - cello (tracks 2, 7, 8); Dave Burham - violin (tracks 2, 7, 8); Lisa McWhorter - violin ( tracks 2, 8); Clark Spencer - viola (tracks 2, 8).
___ “Le Premier Bonheur du Jour” is a song first sang by Françoise Hardy from her second studio album, released in October 1963 in France, on LP, Disques Vogue . It was released with no title, except for her name on the cover but it has become known by the title of its most successful song, "Le Premier Bonheur du jour.

“Le premier bonheur du jour
C'est un ruban de soleil
Qui s'enroule sur ta main
Et caresse mon épaule
C'est le souffle de la mer
Et la plage qui attend
C'est l'oiseau qui a chanté
Sur la branche du figuier
Le premier chagrin du jour
C'est la porte qui se ferme
La voiture qui s'en va
Le silence qui s'installe
Mais bien vite tu reviens
Et ma vie reprend son cours
Le dernier bonheur du jour
C'est la lampe qui s'éteint”

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