Lucienne Boyer was a sophisticated performer who was the star of Parisian
nightlife in the 1930s with her trademark song 'Parlez-Moi d'Amour'. Intimate
and sensual, she was queen of the cabaret with a career that lasted from when
she was 16 to well into her 80s. She grew up in the Montparnasse Quarter of the
French capital and after she moved on to music halls she was noticed by American
theatre mogul Lee Shubert. He arranged for her to sing in New York City and in
South America and upon her return to France in 1930 she recorded her famous
song, which went on to be covered with E...