{"id":17624,"date":"2025-06-20T20:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=17624"},"modified":"2025-06-20T20:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:11:54","slug":"episode-369-josephine-baker-revisited-live-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/episode-369-josephine-baker-revisited-live-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 369. Jos\u00e9phine Baker Revisited (Live Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 369. Jos\u00e9phine Baker Revisited (Live Edition)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1586-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Havana-1951.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Havana-1951.jpg 641w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Havana-1951-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday was a crucial celebration for all US-Americans: Juneteenth. In honor of that event and in continuing observation of Pride 2025, I offer today an episode in honor of the great Jos\u00e9phine Baker (1906 \u2013 1975). I have been an avid (not to say rabid) Baker fan for more than thirty years, so when she was inducted into the Panth\u00e9on in the fall of 2021, I took the opportunity to devote a pair of <em>Countermelody <\/em>episodes to her. This refurbished episode includes personal reminiscences about my journey on the route to full Bakermania, while the bulk of the musical content consists of possibly the most vibrant extant live recording of Jos\u00e9phine Baker, which took place on 30 June 1963, the final performance of her month-long engagement at the Tivoli Variet\u00e9en in Copenhagen. I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s not currently available elsewhere on the interwebs. Jos\u00e9phine Baker\u2019s magnetism, seductiveness, self-mockery, sauciness, and sincerity are all on full display. Some favorite and\/or rare Baker material rounds out the episode, including a pair of Path\u00e9 recordings made during the War, when she was an active member of the French Resistance; the soundtrack of an early sound film in which she performs her signature number, \u201cJ\u2019ai deux amours\u201d; a recording made in conjunction with her final performance at the Bobino in Paris in 1975 (just before her death); a 1966 live recording from one of her many appearances in Havana; and her final appearance in her native United States at Carnegie Hall on 05 June 1973, in which a laryngitic, nearly voiceless Baker delivers her artistic credo in a riveting performance of \u201cMy Way.\u201d The episode begins with a tribute to the late Alfred Brendel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Alfred-Brendel-1024x804.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Alfred-Brendel-1024x804.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Alfred-Brendel-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Alfred-Brendel-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Alfred-Brendel.png 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann, Heinrich Heine: Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (<em>Dichterliebe<\/em>, Op. 48\/12) Eberhard W\u00e4chter, Alfred Brendel [1962]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eberhard-Waechter-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eberhard-Waechter-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eberhard-Waechter-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eberhard-Waechter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eberhard-Waechter-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Eberhard-Waechter.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eberhard W\u00e4chter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Van-Vechten-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Van-Vechten-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Van-Vechten-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Van-Vechten-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Van-Vechten.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques Trenchant, Honor\u00e9 Trenchant: L\u2019amour est un jeu. Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Jo Bouillon et son Orchestre [1944]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-1940.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-1940.jpg 631w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-1940-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques Trenchant, Honor\u00e9 Trenchant: Zoubida [Chanson Mauresque]. Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Jo Bouillon et son Orchestre [1944]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/With-Jo-Bouillon-and-some-of-the-tribe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/With-Jo-Bouillon-and-some-of-the-tribe.jpg 688w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/With-Jo-Bouillon-and-some-of-the-tribe-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Jo Bouillon and some of the tribe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-at-Tivoli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18045\" style=\"width:605px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-at-Tivoli.jpg 493w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-at-Tivoli-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Jos\u00e9phine Baker at Tivoli. <\/em><\/strong>Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Otto Lington&#8217;s Orchestra [live Copenhagen 30.VI.63]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-and-Coquatrix-1968.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-and-Coquatrix-1968.jpg 688w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-and-Coquatrix-1968-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-and-Coquatrix-1968-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Baker and Bruno Coquatrix, 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Henri Betti, Bruno Coquatrix, Andr\u00e9 Horn\u00e8z: Avec<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: Make Believe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed: You Are My Lucky Star<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charles Aznavour, Eddie Barclay: Quand tu m\u2019embrasses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tony Renis: Quando quando quando<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guy Lafarge, Flavien Monod: La Seine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Hello, Young Lovers (<em>The King and I<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jerome Kern, P.G. Wodehouse, Oscar Hammerstein II: Bill (<em>Show Boat<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Augusto Alguerro, Leon Arias Rafael: Enamorada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed: I\u2019ve Got a Feeling You\u2019re Fooling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joaqu\u00edn Prieto: La Novia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morton Craft, Selma Craft: Je pars [Alone]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Sweden-1956.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Sweden-1956.jpg 630w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Sweden-1956-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-Bobino-1975-781x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-Bobino-1975-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-Bobino-1975-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-Bobino-1975-768x1008.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Josephine-Bobino-1975.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francis Lopez, Daniel Ringold: Paris-Paname [Finale: <em>Jos\u00e9phine \u00e0 Bobino 1975<\/em>]. Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Orchestra and chorus conducted by Pierre Spiers [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Older-Josephine-with-Mic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Older-Josephine-with-Mic.jpg 982w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Older-Josephine-with-Mic-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Older-Josephine-with-Mic-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Havana-1951B-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Havana-1951B-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Havana-1951B-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Havana-1951B.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Lopez, Henry Lemarchand: Dans mon village. Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Tony Ta\u00f1o, Orquestra EGREM [live Havana 27.I.1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-at-Les-Milandes-1964.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-at-Les-Milandes-1964.jpg 688w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-at-Les-Milandes-1964-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Baker at Les Milandes, 1964 <br>(the candles at the press conference were because her power had been turned off)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-and-her-children.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-and-her-children.jpg 688w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-and-her-children-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-and-her-children-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Peter Kreuder: Die Regenbogenkinder. Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Peter Kreuder [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Regenbogenkinder-book-1024x479.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Regenbogenkinder-book-1024x479.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Regenbogenkinder-book-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Regenbogenkinder-book-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-Regenbogenkinder-book.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-in-uniform-1961.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-in-uniform-1961.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-in-uniform-1961-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Baker-in-uniform-1961-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude Fran\u00e7ois, Jacques Revaux, English lyrics by Paul Anka: My Way. 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Jos\u00e9phine Baker Revisited (Live Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was a crucial celebration for all US-Americans: 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