Breaking into the Top 20 in 1962 with her debut single was something that Louise Cordet easily took in her stride, but I’m Just A Baby was to prove an early peak. Any momentum gained was immediately lost with its indistinct follow-up, Sweet Enough.
With a strong, mid-range voice, Cordet was well equipped to tackle more sophisticated material the likes of I’m Just A Baby’s B-side, In A Matter Of Moments. The UK and French markets embraced her for a while, which led to her cutting the first version of Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying, beguilingly, in both languages. It deserved to be massive, but was swamped by Beatlemania.
Cordet fought on for a while, tough, with covers of Dionne Warwick’s Don’t Make Me Over and Mary Well’s Two Lovers proving quite attractive alongside her French-language recordings. If only she’d surfaced a few years later, Cordet could have made it as a sophisticated pop-soul singer. Sadly, she disappeared into real life before having the chance.
