Hello I'm Krusty Young and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.

For rights reasons we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1978 and the presenter was Roy Plumlee. On our Desert Island this week is the International Entertainer, songwriter and actor Charles Asnavour.

Are you an optimist? Oh yes, of course.

So you think you'd be rescued pretty soon?

Oh, sure.

I'm a survivor.

Just to be on the safe side, you'd better be prepared by choosing records that last a long time.

What's the first record you've chosen I chose on the

record with a big group choir you know Russian music which I like Russian music

it's not exactly my origin because I'm Armenian but it's

near you know yes well Armenia is in Russia now isn't it technically it's technically

yes but I'm technically in Europe, you know.

Right.

And so I choose Kalinka, which I think as a choir is fantastic.

Of course, I'm not very keen of the tenor voice they have but because I prefer Italian kind of

tenor but the record is fantastic so I choose that one. Gai Come, come, come my yah,

Sandu Yah, Sandu Yara,

come my gim, come my gim,

there p I mean the money is from money from money from money from

I'm ready from money from which. There's a ready for money from money from money.

South the yard of the money is from money.

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