In 1963, Paul Anka offered her the song "I'm Watching You," which became her first international hit in Japan and Korea. She also had her first adult part in a movie with the small part of a singer in the film Un clair de lune à Maubeuge. Her next hit was "Tous mes copains", issued on EP in 1962. In autumn 1962 she released her version of "The Loco-Motion" on EP and her first LP, Sylvie. In July she toured France with Gilbert Bécaud. She opened for Vince Taylor at Paris Olympia for her second concert. "Est-ce que tu le sais?", her version of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say", was quickly released. It was another hit, that served her first concert in Paris Olympia Hall on 12 December 1961. After the "twisting schoolgirl" had finished the Victor Hugo High School, she was free to sign a contract with Decca Records to start recording her own EP carrying the title song "Quand le film est triste", a cover of Sue Thompson's "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)", the EP was on sale by the beginning of December 1961. The journalists gave her the nickname la collégienne du twist. Although she was not credited on the sleeve, "Panne d'essence" provided Vartan her first appearance on French television. In 1961, Eddie offered Sylvie the chance to record the song "Panne d'essence" with French rocker Frankie Jordan.
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