La Mer (Beyond the sea) cover Charles Trenet

[Jean Pierre]

la mer is a 1946 song by Charles Trenet
The melody is inspired by Heart and Soul by Hoaghy Carmichael (a great composer of whom I have covered Rocking chair and Georgia on my mind)
 but the resemblance is not really surprising and is not a plagiarism because it is in fact a harmonic sequence ultra used in popular music: I VIm IV V, as for example in C: C, Lam, F, G . Harmonic sequence often called "the progression of the 50's" there is an infinity of songs on this chord sequence: example "Blue Moon", for the Anglo Saxons, "Tous les garçons et les filles" for the French

I made a jazzy version with 2 nylon guitars, a bass and brush

[Groundy]

What a fantastic version of this beautiful number, JP, youre a star.... Alex

[StephenM]

gorgeous singing and playing JP.... has a really nice swing to it...  that acoustic guitar featured is really special

[guitarron]

Love this. That is a very satisfying jazz progression. You sing and play it beautifully

[Zoltan]

This is so good! Tastefully performed and there's a nice swing to it all. The vocals are soft yet lively.