During the second half of the Sixties in Italy, besides the beat music trend ad the Italian-sung cover songs of famous artists from other countries, there were some who, such as Jolly Records, ‘imported’ some French artists, sometimes granting them an even greater success than they had in their own country.

The first Antoine’s popular song, inspired by his trips, was “Le divagazioni d’Antoine” (Les élucubrations d’Antoine), which can be found in this eponymous LP. Among the other titles, here we have “La tramontana” and the famous “Pietre”, whose chorus is still today very well known in the Italian popular music imaginary. These two songs were presented at the Sanremo Festival, respectively in 1968 and 1967.