An Evening at L'Abbaye
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An Evening at L'Abbaye is an album of duets by Gordon Heath
(September 20, 1918 - August 27, 1991)
and Lee Payant
(1924 - December 14, 1976), released by Elektra Records
in 1957. L'Abbaye was a popular Left Bank nightclub in Paris, opened in 1949 by Heath and Payant and where the two performed folk songs, spirituals, and blues in English and French for 27 years until Payant died from cancer in 1976.
Gordon Heath
Gordon Heath was an African-American actor and musician who appeared in feature film Animal Farm, and the British made for TV movie Othello, directed by Tony Richardson. Together with his lover Lee Payant, he ran a Left Bank café called L'Abbaye later in his life...
(September 20, 1918 - August 27, 1991)
and Lee Payant
Lee Payant
Lee Payant , was an actor and film director perhaps best known for voicing the title role of the 1960s TV serial The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe in English....
(1924 - December 14, 1976), released by Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
in 1957. L'Abbaye was a popular Left Bank nightclub in Paris, opened in 1949 by Heath and Payant and where the two performed folk songs, spirituals, and blues in English and French for 27 years until Payant died from cancer in 1976.