Music: American in Paris

Just about the most popular entertainer in France today is an American whom nobody in his own country ever found very entertaining, with the possible exception of some small children. He is Eddie Constantine, 38, and he is currently wowing them from the Place de I'Etoile in Paris to the Canebière in Marseille with a hit movie, the latest of several hit records, and swoon-producing personal appearances. He expects to gross $600,000 this year, which is pretty good for a performer who only ten years ago could not have filled the Old Empire Beer...

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