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Mon Reve C'etait Vous

Josephine Baker

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Recorded in Paris, France sometime during the 1930's featuring Josephine Baker vocals.

*"Mon Reve C'etait Vous" composed by Andy Bay, translates in English to "My Dream Was You".

American star of the stage Josephine Baker found her true home and audience in France far away from the bigotry and racism of her homeland.

Emerging as a champion of the French people her uber successful career abroad began in a most unlikely setting appearing almost completely nude wearing only a skirt of wooden bananas while performing an original erotic dance at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.