It was her long-time friend Véronique Sanson who sold the fuse. "She called me to talk to me about Proud and crazy about you, telling me it was difficult to sing," says William Sheller, sitting at a table in a Parisian brasserie. I didn't understand the purpose of his appeal until I heard about the release of this tribute album." No one had warned Sheller that fifteen of his songs would be covered by singers of the new generation. In the end, the composer found the record very successful. "In addition, it allowed me to discover artists I didn't know," he says enthusiastically.
Of course, Sheller was familiar with the work of Vincent Delerm, who never failed to say how much he owed to the author of A Happy Man, whose success convinced a generation of singers to take up the piano-voice in their turn. And who considers, along with all the guests of this rare successful "tribute" exercise, that William Sheller is a treasure of French music...
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