Single:
Ma Belle Amie entered the Australian singles chart* on 16 February 1970 and peaked at #3. It was #36 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Songwriters:
Peter Tetteroo, Hans Van Eijck
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia – Tee-Set:
Tee-Set was a pop rock band formed in 1966 in Delft, Netherlands.
They had two songs on the Australian charts, both in 1970, the most successful being Ma Belle Amie. That was followed by If You Do Believe In Love but it didn’t do well here.
Former lead singer Peter Tetteroo died in September 2002 from liver cancer at the age of 55.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tee-Set
Wikipedia – Ma Belle Amie:
Although mostly sung in English, its French title means “My Beautiful Friend”. The song also has a French lyric line: “Après tous les beaux jours, je te dis merci merci” which in English is “After all the beautiful days, I say thank you, thank you”.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Belle_Amie
Lyrics:
Ma belle amie
You were a child of the sun and the sky and the deep blue sea
Ma belle amie
Apres tous les beaux jours, je te dis merci, merci
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