Rien dans les mains, rien dans les poches

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Rien dans les mains, rien dans les poches is a French popular song composed in 1948 by Henri Betti with the lyrics by André Hornez.^[1]

Story[]

In 1948, Henri Betti, André Hornez, Paul Misraki and Ray Ventura were invited by Bruno Coquatrix to discuss a lawsuit that was declared by for the music of the song Boléro that was composed by Paul Durand.

At the end of the discussion, Henri Betti played on the piano the seven notes of the musical scale and asked the others who was the author. Nobody answered him and Henri Betti declared that he appropriated them and that he will write a song. He used the Foxtrot genre that was fashionable to fit the seven musical notes then André Hornez will write the lyrics.

On December 10, 1948, Yves Montand recorded the song with and his Orchestra. On the other side of the disk, he recorded another song composed by Henri Betti : Maître Pierre (lyrics by ) but with an orchestra conducted by Henri Betti himself.^[2]

Cover versions[]

On December 28, 1948, the recorded the song with Raymond Legrand and his Orchestra. In 1994, they sang the song with and his Orchestra at the TV show hosted by Pascal Sevran.

On January 4, 1949, recorded the song with his Orchestra.

On February 3, 1949, Pierre Mingand recorded the song with Émile Stern and his Orchestra.

On March 20, 1949, recorded the song with and his Orchestra.

On February 8, 1950, Henri Betti performed the piano song on the radio show Gala de Bernay.

The same year, Jula De Palma recorded the song with and his Orchestra with which she recorded two other hits by Henri Betti : C'est si bon (lyrics by André Hornez) and Maître Pierre (lyrics by ). recorded the song this year as well.

In 1955, and his quintet play music in a medley for the album Festival Dancing where he also plays the music of C'est si bon.

In 1957, sang the song with and his Orchestra at the TV show hosted by Jean Nohain.

In 1985, sang the song with and his Orchestra at the TV show hosted by .

Filmography[]

In 1949, sang the song with and his Orchestra in the short film directed by Jean Perdrix.

In 1953, the melody of the song is played by an orchestra in Soyez les bienvenus in which the melodies of C'est si bon, Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai ? and Maître Pierre are also played. These four songs were composed by Henri Betti and recorded by Yves Montand.

In 1954, the melody of the song is played in directed by André Berthomieu.

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