With a voice that fluttered like a hummingbird, Cora Vaucaire rose to prominence in France with her stunning chanson interpretations. Emerging in the '50s, she proved adept at selecting songs to match her flowing, vibrato vocals—she could squeeze all the emotion out of a gorgeous, flute-laden ballad like "Le temps des cerises" just as well as bounce along with a playful waltz like "Complainte de la butte". Her "Trois petites notes de musique", famed for its use in the film Une aussi longue absence, is a heart-breaking suite of romantic longing.