It's times like these when I wish I hadn't been a "C+" student in high school French class. Why? Because 95% of the websites that mention Line Renaud are in French, and the Google translator is...well, insufficient at best.

Line Renaud, born in Lille, France in 1928, rose to fame in the 1950s and 60s as a premiere pop starlett. Renaud (whose real name is Jacqueline Enté) a duet with Dean Martin "Relax." In 1959, she became a lead singer at the Casino de Paris. Between 1963 and 1965, Renaud regularly performed at Dunes, a major casino in Las Vegas.

I hate that I can't find any details on Line Renaud. Her music drips with soul and sexuality. It's hot (in that way that only the French can pull off), it's campy and it's bound to cause a smile. All but two tracks from Line Renaud au Casino de Paris dans Plaisirs below:

1. Trop Beau
2. When the Saints Go Marching In
3. Amour D'Ete
4. Casino de Paris
5. C'est L'amour
6. Conga Parade
7. Tilt
8. St. Louis Blues
9. Sexe

This particular album features the Golden Gate Quartet--one of the most successful gospel groups who sang in the jubilee quartet style. (thanks, Wikipedia).  The group was inducted in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. (Did you know there was a vocal group hall of fame? Neither did I .) The two tracks the group contributed are among the strongest on the album ("When the Saints Go Marching In" and "St. Louis Blues").

Here's a clip of Line Renaud performing Bona Sera, taken about the same period as when she recording au Casino de Paris. 

To fill a two year engagement, signed with the Casino de Paris, the group sets up in France. On leave in Paris, Elvis Presley comes to watch them in Line Renaud's review "Pleasure". Afterwards, as Americans together in Paris, they made a jam session in Line Renaud's dressing-room, until 6 in the morning with Loulou Gastes guitar. Neither recording nor photograph are left to remember this musical evening, only the memories left in one's heart.