A third EP, Zou bisou bisou, followed that summer. Two Charles Aznavour songs – the title track and Ne crois surtout pas – proved the highlights of the release. Gillian’s second solo EP, Jean-Lou, was issued in March 1961. The early years saw Gillian record as many duets as solo tracks, with partners including Henri Salvador and the Ramirez Cha Cha Band (on Près de la cascade ) and Eddie Constantine ( Spécialisation and Aimons-nous, both originally Marilyn Monroe songs from the film Let’s make love). The release featured Ma première cigarette, Cou-couche panier, Si tu veux que je te dise and Le paradis pour toi (a version of Jo-Ann Campbell’s A kookie little paradise).Ĭou-couche panier proved the most popular track and became a top ten hit in January 1961, competing against versions by Jacqueline Boyer and Maria Candido. She was teamed with future world-renowned orchestra leader Paul Mauriat her first solo EP.
The film was released in Britain in 1960 after censors insisted that some of its wilder scenes be cut for fear of corrupting the youth of the day.Īlmost inevitably, her notoriety led to the offer of a recording contract, and she joined Paris-based Barclay Records. The soundtrack music came courtesy of John Barry, who is better known for his later work on the James Bond film scores. She took the lead role of teen terror Jennifer Linden in the low-budget British film. If Gillian had been disappointed to lose the starring role to Jeanne Moreau, consolation came in the form of Beat girl. Nevertheless, Gillian’s appearance in the film prompted an appearance on the cover of Paris Match magazine.
However, fearing her youth would cause a scandal, he gave her only a minor part. Vadim was recently divorced from Brigitte Bardot, whose career he had launched, and the physical similarities between the two perhaps explain his interest in the young Briton. In 1958, at the age of 14, she was discovered by French film director Roger Vadim, who offered her a part in his film Les liaisons dangereuses. Her father was British and her mother was of Polish origin. She was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 June 1944. However, the lead role in Beat girl and, later, bit parts in Blow up and A clockwork orange, brought her much greater notoriety than her forays into music on either side of the Channel. Though her sultry good looks and mane of blond hair saw her billed as a British Brigitte Bardot, like the French star, she proved she could turn her hand to both film and pop.
Gillian Hills was more than just a pretty face.
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