There are two performers with the name Mistinguett:

1) Mistinguett (… Read Full Bio ↴There are two performers with the name Mistinguett:

1) Mistinguett (April 5, 1875 – January 5, 1956 from Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d’Oise, Île-de-France, France) was a French actress and singer, with the birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois.

At an early age she aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a flower-seller in a restaurant in her home-town, singing popular ballads as she sold her flowers. When a song-writing acquaintance made up the name Miss Tinguette, Jeanne liked it. She made it her own by joining it together and eventually dropping the second S and the final E (Mistinguett).

Jeanne Bourgeois made her debut as Mistinguett at the Casino de Paris in 1895, and appeared also in shows as the Folies Bergere, Moulin Rouge, and Eldorado. Her risqué routines captivated Paris and she went on to become the most popular French entertainer of her time and the highest paid female entertainer in the world. In 1919, her legs were insured for the then astounding amount of 500,000 francs.

She had a long relationship with the much younger Maurice Chevalier, but it was other more torrid love affairs that became legendary.

She first recorded her signature song Mon Homme in 1920. It was popularized under its English title My Man by Fanny Brice and has become a standard in the repertoire of numerous pop and jazz singers.

During a tour of the United States, she was asked by Time magazine to explain her popularity. Her answer was: “It is a kind of magnetism. I say ‘Come closer’ and draw them to me.”

Jeanne Bourgeois’ career lasted over fifty years. She died at the age of 80 and is buried in the Cimetiere Enghien-les-Bains, Île-de-France, France.

2) Jô Mistinguett is graduated in DJ and Musical Production from the International Academy of Electronic Music of Curitiba (Brazil). She started the project Gomma Fou, with Pericles M. (current Bo$$ in Drama) during the Motomix Festival – 2006. The project was well praised in print and online local and international media. After the end of the partnership, she created her solo project – Mistinguett – with her own compositions, vocal and influence of musical strands such as the new-wave, post-punk, synth-pop and electro-punk.

In 2007, she independently released the EP "Will You Say Here?", produced by Marcel Dadalto, and awarded the London Burning in the category of best independent electronic music EP. The same EP was pre-selected in TIM Music award. The national and international repercussions came with remixes and invitations for different projects, including: tlbmS (Denmark), Database (Brazil), NT89 (Italy), Shoyano (Japan), PopTron. Corp (France) and Cute Heels (Colombia). The song She-ra is making part of the movie “Audie & the Wolf’’, from Los Angeles- CA, out in August 14, 2008.

Valencia
Mistinguett Lyrics

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"Valencia!
In my dreams it always seems I hear you softly call to me.
Valencia!
Where the orange trees forever scent the breeze
Beside the sea.
Valencia!
In my arms I held your charms
Beneath the blossoms high above.

You loved me
In Valencia long ago we found our
Paradise of Love!
In a magic dream of mem'ry
I see you again
In that old town far away
Beneath skies of Spain.
That city of tender romances,
So shy were your glaces
And swift as the sunshine that dances
Through the Orange Grove.
Valencia!"

Valencia!
Terre exquise
Ou la brise
Effeuille les fleurs d'oranger!
Valencia!
Doux rivage
Ou le nuage
Emporte nos reves legers!
Valencia!
Fleur perverse
Qui nous verse
Tous les parfums tour a tour.
Je t'aime
Car j'eus le bonheur surpreme
Dans ton paradis d'amour!
Sur ta rive enchanteresse,
Sous ton ciel si doux,
J'ai connu l'ivresse
Du premier rendezvous
C'est la que le coeurangoise
Les yeux pleins de fievres
J'ai laisse cueillir sur mes levres

Le premier baiser
Valencia!

Overall Meaning

The song Valencia by Mistinguett is a beautiful tribute to the city of Valencia in Spain that the singer reminisces through their dreams. The singer fondly remembers the city's orange trees and how their scent permeated the breeze, as well as the blossoms high above that held their charms. The song speaks of a paradise of love that was found in Valencia long ago, a magic dream of memory that the singer sees again. The city is described as a place of tender romances, where even the glances were shy, and the sunshine danced through the Orange Grove. The lyrics of the song perfectly capture the essence of Valencia, conveying the tranquillity, beauty, and enchantment of the Spanish city that was once a paradise of love.

Line by Line Meaning

Valencia!
A beautiful land, oh sweet and grand!

In my dreams it always seems I hear you softly call to me.
In my dreams I always hear you call, softly and dear.

Valencia! Where the orange trees forever scent the breeze Beside the sea.
Valencia, where orange trees scent the breeze forever beside the bright blue sea.

Valencia! In my arms I held your charms Beneath the blossoms high above.
In Valencia, beneath the blossoms way up high, I held your charms that made me sigh.

You loved me In Valencia long ago we found our Paradise of Love!
Oh how we loved in Valencia, found paradise together, once.

In a magic dream of mem'ry I see you again In that old town far away Beneath skies of Spain.
In my magical dreams I see you again, in that town far and away, 'neath skies of Spain.

That city of tender romances, So shy were your glaces And swift as the sunshine that dances Through the Orange Grove.
That city of romantic tender charm, your eyes so shy and swift like the dancing of sunshine in Orange Grove farms.

Valencia! Terre exquise Ou la brise Effeuille les fleurs d'oranger!
Valencia! A land exquisite, where breezes blow and orange flower petals flit!

Valencia! Doux rivage Ou le nuage Emporte nos reves legers!
Valencia! Soft coast, where clouds carry our light dreams aloft!

Valencia! Fleur perverse Qui nous verse Tous les parfums tour a tour.
Valencia! A perverse flower, that pours all fragrances by the hour!

Je t'aime Car j'eus le bonheur surpreme Dans ton paradis d'amour!
I love you, because I achieved the pinnacle of happiness, in your paradise of love!

Sur ta rive enchanteresse, Sous ton ciel si doux, J'ai connu l'ivresse Du premier rendezvous C'est la que le coeurangoise Les yeux pleins de fievres J'ai laisse cueillir sur mes levres Le premier baiser
On your enchanting shores and under soft skies, I first felt intoxicated, when at that appointed hour, my heart raced and eyes fevered, and you gave me the first flower of love devoured.

Valencia!
Valencia!

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOSE PADILLA, LUCIEN BOYER, JACQUES CHARLES

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