In many ways,the career of slovenian pop singer Majda Sepe reflects the career of her croatian contemporary Gabi Novak - both ladies idolized Doris Day (mostly from film screen,as foreign records were very rare and hard to find),both recorded mini LP record (8 songs) with chirpy covers as their debut (even same record company, RTB from Belgrade),both married colleagues from same business and they both grew up to be far more superior singers than these cute little debut records would ever suggest.
Novak had a good luck that her later career relied on first-rate songs by Arsen Dedić,while Sepe had classy jazz band leader Mojmir Sepe behind her.
This cute,little 8 song record presents very young Majda Sepe (backed by her husband) on selection of international current hits,each of them chirpy,happy and bouncy as this was fashion at the time. Knowing this talented lady from her later work in chanson,it comes as a surprise to hear her pretty young voice bubbling on Petula Clark covers,backed by vocal quartet and bouncing around like a rubber ball. B side brings several interesting jazz covers (Cole Porter, Julie London and Doris Day) where her husband's jazz band paints completely another picture and gives her a chance to stretch vocally, this music actually sounds much better than cheerful (and dated) A side.
Just like Gabi Novak, Majda Sepe will eventually leave pop covers and jazz music behind her,turning to 1960s pop festivals instead and eventually settle in chanson field where poetic lyrics and refined music will suit her voice much better. So this is a little curiosity just to show how she sound at the very dawn of her music career,but it's not really representative of her work as singer.
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