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Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots

"Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" is a song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Recorded by The Cheers, it went to #6 on Billboard's Best Seller and Jockey charts in the fall of 1955, becoming Leiber and Stoller's first top-ten pop hit. Veteran performer Vaughn Monroe covered the record, going to #38 on the Billboard charts. The song also rose to a top-10 chart appearance on the Cash Box chart. In 1956, French chanteuse Edith Piaf recorded a French translation of the song titled "L'Homme à la moto," which became one of her biggest selling singles.

French song
The text of "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" is adapted into French by Jean Dréjac, and entitled "L'Homme à la moto" : "It was the film The Wild One with Marlon Brando that inspired me, as well as all those young people in leather jackets who appeared in the suburbs," confides Jean Dréjac in 1963. The French lyrics are a literal translation of the original lyrics. Edith Piaf sang it for the first time at the Olympia in 1956. The French version is covered in particular by Nicoletta, Vince Taylor, Renaud, Michèle Torr, Bernard Lavilliers, Mireille Mathieu, Florent Pagny, Brigitte Fontaine, Norma Loy and Beth Ditto. ==References and further reading==
References and further reading
• Stan Cuesta. ''L'homme à la Moto: Le Chef-d'Œuvre d'Edith Piaf.'' (Paris: Scali, 2007). ==Sources==
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