Les Chats sauvages – Twist à Saint-Tropez

One of the most rocking tunes from the early 60’s. It’s an adaptation of the famous American dance to the context of the famous seaside resort Saint-Tropez. This town, located in the South-East of France, began to welcome several celebrities in the 1950’s. Several famous French movies were shot and located in this place. In the 1960’s it was a central place for the “yé-yé” movement (to which Les Chats Sauvages belong). Then it began to be a vacation place for the international Jet-Set, along with Cannes since the beginning of the famous cinema festival.

Note 1) : Roger Vadim shot the famous movie Et Dieu créa la femme (=And God created woman) in Saint-Tropez in 1956, starring Brigitte Bardot. This movie, where Brigitte Bardot shows up naked at one point, was a big success as well as a big scandal. It definitely launched the huge fame of Brigitte Bardot, who then became a huge sex-symbol. Sacha Distel, a famous French singer of this era, met Brigitte Bardot in Saint-Tropez and they had an brief affair together.