Soeur sourire the singing nun dominique 1963 video. Soeur sourire singing nun tous les chemins coallawyer. The single relegated the kingsmen and their louie louie to the number two spot. Singing nun in lesbian suicide pact the story was a sensation. Although remembered more for the sake of novelty than any significant musical or social contribution, the singing nun, aka soeur sourire translated as sister smile, became a folk hero to americans in late 1963 and early 1964.
Dominique, nique, nique, over the land he plods along. One of the songs, dominique, was an am hit both in europe and the states. Dominique is a 1963 french language popular song, written and performed by the belgian female singer jeannine deckers, better known as s. The singing nun 1966 stream and watch online moviefone. Soeur sourire the singing nun dominique 1963 duration.
Vinyl 7 the singing nun dominique 1963, vinyl discogs. Known as the singing nun her real name was jeannepaule marie deckers. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalchords in c major. Since their first album an christmas lp record entitled o bambino they have gone on to make many more, including recordings of hymns and chant they sing in church every day, and light inspirational music, such as edelweiss and dominique. The singing nun dominique single track best of folk.
The song is about saint dominic, a spanishborn priest and founder of the dominican order, of which she was a member as sister lucgabrielle. Soeur sourire the singing nun dominique 1963 youtube. The first time i heard dominique i rushed out and got a vinyl copy of album. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in g major transposable. Based loosely on the life of deckers, it stars debbie reynolds in the title role and also features ricardo montalban, agnes moorehead, katharine ross, chad everett, and ed sullivan as himself. Dominique is a 1963 french language popular song, written and performed by jeannine deckers of belgium, better known as s. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
Regarding the current video, you can enjoy dominique from the movie the singing nun 1966 by debbie reynolds. Played the heck out of this whole album as every song is great oh man, great to get it in cd format. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Jeanine deckers 17 october 1933 29 march 1985, known in english as the singing nun, was a belgian religious sister, a member as sister luc gabriel of the dominican order in belgium. Hollywoods glammedup nuns sang a cheery englishlanguage version. She was born on the 17th of october, 1933 and passed away on march 29th, 1985. Lyrics to dominique performed live on the ed sullivan show 71964 by the singing nun. Young and inexperienced sister ann has just arrived at her next posting at samaritan house, a dominican order located in a disreputable neighborhood of ghent, belgium. The singing nun is a 1966 american semibiographical film directed by henry koster and with a screenplay by john furia and sally benson. With debbie reynolds, ricardo montalban, greer garson, agnes moorehead. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists.
Known as the the singing nun, in french she was known as soeur sourire or sister smile. The debbie reynolds version sung in the 1966 movie the singing nun based on the story of soeur sourire otherwise known as the singing nun. Apr 30, 2009 singing nun in lesbian suicide pact the story was a sensation. Dominique is about saint dominic, a spanishborn priest and founder of the dominican order, of. Hollywoods glammedup nuns sang a cheery englishlanguage version of dominique i will tell of dominique as i sing. Soeur sourire the singing nun 1963, gatefold, vinyl. Jul 01, 2005 jeanine deckers, aka sister lucgabrielle, released a 12song lp titled the singing nun on philips records in 1963 under the name soeur sourire. Complete your the singing nun, soeur sourire collection. Debbie reynolds singin in the rain, mother stars in this inspirational true story of a belgian nun who writes a song for a motherless boy. She had her great international hit dominique in 1963, which she wrote in honor the founder of her order, st. She acquired widespread fame in 1963 with the release of the belgian french song dominique. Listen free to soeur sourire the singing nun dominique, soeur adele and more.
Soeur sourire the singing nun lyrics, songs, and albums. October 17, 1933 march 29, 1985, better known as the singing nun, was a nun, and a member as sister luc gabriel of the dominican fichermont convent in belgium. Get all the lyrics to songs by soeur sourire the singing nun and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. She entered the fichermont dominican convent in waterloo, belgium in 1959 and took the name soeur luc gabrielle. The wrath of khan, she goes on to becomes an international pop sensation. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. Dominique disco version 1982 on dominique disco version 1982 dominique disco version 1982. Jeannepaule marie jeannine deckers 17 october 1933 29 march 1985, better known as s. Soeur sourire the singing nun dominique lyrics genius. Listen online to the singing nun dominique and see which albums it appears on.
Debbie reynolds dominique the singing nun, 1966 rarcs, by. Dominique performed live on the ed sullivan show 71964. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The history behind the singing nun is absolutely awesome. Popular in the convent for her music, she was encouraged by the other nuns to record an album in 1963. Dominique, nique, nique, over the land he plods and sings a little song never asking for reward he just talks about the lord. Sister ann is enthusiastic, progressive but naive, all which irks one of the senior sisters, sister. Jeanine deckers october 17, 1933 march 29, 1985, better known as soeur sourire also the singing nun was a nun, and a member as sister luc gabriel of the dominican fichermont convent in belgium. Print and download dominique sheet music by the singing nun.
Check out dominique by soeur sourire on amazon music. The singing nun 1966 stream and watch online a belgian nun fond of making up her own songs, sister ann debbie reynolds, pens a catchy tune for a sad young local boy ricky cordell. Unfortunately this album isnt being produced anymore so i. Jeanine deckers, aka sister lucgabrielle, released a 12song lp titled the singing nun on philips records in 1963 under the name soeur sourire. The original singing nun who won audiences hearts half a century ago by antonia blumberg belgian nun sister luc gabrielle plays her guitar while singing happy songs about religion, december 30, 1963. Tragedy of the singing nun express yourself comment.
The singing nun, whose real name was jeanine deckers, sang dominique in both english and french. Mar 28, 2012 jeanine deckers born jeannepaule marie deckers. The sad tale of sister luc gabrielle, the singing nun. Also gift portfolio of 4 9x9 watercolor sketches of convent life by soeur sourine lp side1. Singing nun soeur sourire dominique 1963 music video. Dominique, nique, nique i will tell of dominique his goodness to acc.
May 18, 2011 the debbie reynolds version sung in the 1966 movie the singing nun based on the story of soeur sourire otherwise known as the singing nun. Soeur sourire the singing nun 1963, gatefold, vinyl discogs. Unfortunately this album isnt being produced anymore so i did have to pay a healthy price for it. Through the help of kindly priest, ricardo montalban tvs fantasy island, star trek.