Dame Elaine Paige

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864 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 24 Jul

Dame Elaine Paige’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth · Dame Elaine Paige · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

Yes, yes.

And so he took me to his beautiful grand piano in his apartment.

And he sat down and he started to play.

And I...

I was kind of thought, I can't quite believe this is happening.

I'm standing in the apartment of Charles Dumont, who wrote Je Ne Regrette Rien.

And he is not only that, he's now accompanying me singing Je Ne Regrette Rien.

And I was so nervous.

I can remember now, and I think it's a photograph of me hanging on to the side of the piano.

My knuckles are white with fear.

And I started to sing and I'm kind of, you know,

cajoling him along he started to sing along with me which made it sort of much more kind of like just a piece of fun and but as I kind of got into it he he's playing away and he's looking up at me and he's smiling and nodding and and by the end he said to me oh and he gave me a big hug and gave me a rose funnily enough isn't that divine and sort of gave me his blessing along with all of that isn't that marvellous

And it was so exciting and frightening and all of that overwhelming all at once to have experienced that moment.

Well, from him and from... Who was the other little chap?

Charles Aznavour, that's right.

Charles Aznavour.

I also spoke to him.

He was over here to do a concert, I believe, at the Albert Hall and staying at the Savoy.

And he said, well, I can only give you an interview at breakfast.

Well...

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