Surabaya Johnny (French version 1956)

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill
translator:Boris Vian (in 1956)
later translated versions:Surabaya Johnny
translated version of:Happy End: Teil 3. No. 10: Das Lied vom Surabaya‐Johnny. “Ich war jung, Gott, erst sechzehn Jahre”

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1958Surabaya JohnnyCatherine Sauvage3:49
1961Surabaya Johnny (live, 1961, Gaîté-Montparnasse, Paris, France)liveCatherine Sauvage4:05
1962Sorabaya JohnnyinstrumentalJacques Loussier2:30
1969Happy End: Surabaya -JohnyPia Colombo4:48
2004-03Surabaya JohnnyDiane Dufresne, Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Yannick Nézet‐Séguin5:19
Sourabaya-JohnnyMarianne Oswald3:17
Surabaya JohnnyClaude Le Roux6:11