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HISTORY AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF CABARET FROM THE 18th CENTURY TO PRESENT

ITS ORIGIN, SOCIAL MILIEUS, DEVELOPMENT, STYLES, DIVAS AND PIONEERS

INCLUDING: WHO’S WHO OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS-ENTERTAINERS 

THE BEST AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS-ENTERTAINERS FROM THE COTTON FIELDS ERA TO PRESENT

 

BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART I

HISTORY OF THE FRENCH CABARET LINK

 

WELCOME TO THE REAL CABARET 8                                                                                                                                                                                                     THE  NEW FACE OF A MODERN AMERICAN CABARET AND ATTRACTIONS SINGER 12                                                                                             THE COQUETTES OF THE REAL AND TRUE PARISIAN CABARET 13                                                                                                                                     ANALOGY BETWEEN AUTHENTIC FOREIGN CABARET SINGERS AND LEGITIMATE AMERICAN FEMALE CABARET SINGERS  15        CABARET BETWEEN HISTORY, ORIGIN, NEED, CONCEPT AND TODAY’S IDENTITY 16                                                                                            CONFUSING CABARET WITH INTIMATE “CONCERT OR RECITAL SINGING” 18                                                                                                                       A PROTOTYPE OF A CABARET SINGER: THE AMERICAN-FRENCH CABARET SINGER AND DANCER: JOSEPHINE BAKER 21                        HISTORY OF THE MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, SHOWBIZ AND CABARET IN FRANCE FROM THE 17th CENTURY TO PRESENT. THE VERY BEGINNING  22                                                                                                                          LES HYDROPATHES  22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   LE CHAR NOIRE  22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ARISTIDE BRUANT 23                                                                                                                                                                                                                               THE SONGWRITERS (LES CHANSONNIERS) OF LE CHAT NOIRE 29                                                                        THE COMPOSERS (LES COMPOSITEURS) OF LE CHAT NOIRE  29                                                                                                                                              THE BIZARRE CABARETS OF PARIS 29                                                                                                                                                                                        CABARET DU NEANT 29                                                                                                                 Le MOULIN ROUGE 33                                                                                                                                                                                                                               THE VERY FIRST POSTERS (AFFICHES) OF THE MOULIN ROUGE  34                                                                                                                                    THE WORLD’S FIRST CABARET CAN CAN SUPER STAR   36                                                                                MISS LA GOULUE (1865 - 1929)  36                                                                                                                                                                                                       THE SUPER STAR OF LE MOULIN ROUGE. THE QUEEN OF MONTMARTRE CABARETS…  AND THE SADDEST SHADOW OF THE STREETS OF PARIS   36                                                                                                                                 SOCIO-HISTORICAL RETROSPECTIVE 37                                                                                                                                                                                                  LA BELLE EPOQUE…BOHEMIANS…ADVENTURES…DRAMA… …COMEDIA…WOMEN... MUSIC…ART…SONGS…NOSTALGIA WERE THE FABRIC AND SOUL OF FRENCH CABARET 37                                                                                                                                                                                           THE WORLD OF FRENCH CAN CAN AND ITS LOVING QUEEN40                                                                        JANE AVRIL 40                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            THE WORLD’S FIRST CAN CAN AND LEGITIMATE CABARET STRIPTEASE DANCERS AND SINGERS  44                                                            THEY WERE THE DIVAS OF THEIR TIME  44                                                                                                                                                                                        THE EXOTIC SEX MARKET, BOHEMIA AND FANTASY  49                                                                                THE NEW LOOKS OF FRENCH CABARETS 54                                                                                            THE CHARM AND THE CACHE ARE GONE. OF COURSE, THEY BLAME THE AMERICANS FOR IT!!  54