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The Best Of - Edith Piaf

The Best Of

Edith Piaf  

Format: 3 CD

Genre: pop

Barcode: 0094636842325

the best of edith piaf, one of the most famous and beloved French voices ever, now in a collection of 3cds at an exceptional price.
 

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the best of edith piaf, one of the most famous and beloved French voices ever, now in a collection of 3cds at an exceptional price.

Artist

French singer and cultural icon.

Born: 19 December 1915 in Paris, France.
✝ Died: 11 October, 1963 in Plascassier, France.

Best known for singing songs "La Vie En Rose", composed by Louiguy, with lyrics by Piaf, and English lyrics adapted by Mack David; and "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" written by Michel Vaucaire, which rather fittingly she sung just two years before the end of her eventful life.

In 1935 Piaf was discovered in the Pigalle area of Paris by nightclub owner Louis Leplée, whose club Le Gerny off the Champs-Élysées was frequented by the upper and lower classes alike. He persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness, which, combined with her height of only 142 centimetres (4 ft 8 in), inspired him to give her the nickname that would stay with her for the rest of her life and serve as her stage name, La Môme Piaf (Parigot translatable as "The Waif Sparrow", "The Little Sparrow", or "Kid Sparrow"). Leplée taught her the basics of stage presence and told her to wear a black dress, later to become her trademark apparel. Leplée ran an intense publicity campaign leading up to her opening night, attracting the presence of many celebrities, including actor Maurice Chevalier. Her nightclub gigs led to her first two records produced that same year, with one of them penned by Marguerite Monnot, a collaborator throughout Piaf's life.

On 6 April 1936, Leplée was murdered and Piaf was questioned and accused as an accessory, but was acquitted. Leplée had been killed by mobsters with previous ties to Piaf. A barrage of negative media attention now threatened her career. To rehabilitate her image, she recruited Raymond Asso, with whom she would become romantically involved. He changed her stage name to "Édith Piaf", barred undesirable acquaintances from seeing her, and commissioned Monnot to write songs that reflected or alluded to Piaf's previous life on the streets.

In 1940, Édith co-starred in Jean Cocteau's successful one-act play Le Bel Indifférent. She began forming friendships with prominent people, including Chevalier and poet Jacques Borgeat. She wrote the lyrics of many of her songs and collaborated with composers on the tunes. In 1944, she discovered Yves Montand in Paris, made him part of her act, and became his mentor and lover. Within a year, he became one of the most famous singers in France, and she broke off their relationship when he had become almost as popular as she was.

During this time she was in great demand and very successful in Paris as France's most popular entertainer. After the war, she became known internationally, touring Europe, the United States, and South America. In Paris, she gave Atahualpa Yupanqui (Héctor Roberto Chavero)—the most important Argentine musician of folklore—the opportunity to share the scene, making his debut in July 1950. She helped launch the career of Charles Aznavour in the early 1950s, taking him on tour with her in France and the United States and recording some of his songs. At first she met with little success with U.S. audiences, who regarded her as downcast. After a glowing review by a prominent New York critic, however, her popularity grew, to the point where she eventually appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show eight times and at Carnegie Hall twice (1956 and 1957).

Édith Piaf's signature song "La vie en rose" was written in 1945 and was voted a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.

Bruno Coquatrix's famous Paris Olympia music hall is where Piaf achieved lasting fame, giving several series of concerts at the hall, the most famous venue in Paris, between January 1955 and October 1962. Excerpts from five of these concerts (1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962) were issued on record and CD and have never been out of print. The 1961 concerts were promised by Piaf in an effort to save the venue from bankruptcy and where she debuted her song "Non, je ne regrette rien". In April 1963, Piaf recorded her last song, "L'homme de Berlin".

She was married to Jacques Pills between 1952 and 1956, and to Théo Sarapo from 1962 until her death in 1963.

Tracks

CD1  1946-1951  76:36

1-1  La Vie En Rose  03:06

1-2  Je M'en Fous Mal  04:18

1-3  Le Petit Homme  03:35

1-4  Un Refrain Courait Dans La Rue  03:03

1-5  Les Trois Cloches  04:09

1-6  Adieu Mon Cœur  03:05

1-7  Un Homme Comme Les Autres  03:49

1-8  Q'as-Tu Fait John?  02:17

1-9  Les Amants De Paris  03:11

1-10  Bal Dans Ma Rue  02:56

1-11  Paris  02:40

1-12  Tous Les Amoureux Chantent  03:22

1-13  Hymne A L'Amour  03:25

1-14  Le Chevalier De Paris  03:03

1-15  C'est Un Gars  03:17

1-16  Chante Moi  03:21

1-17  Jezebel  03:05

1-18  Si, Si, Si  02:17

1-19  Du Matin Jusqu'au Soir  03:14

1-20  Demain (Il Fera Jour)  02:56

1-21  Rien De Rien  02:19

1-22  La Chanson De Catherine  03:25

1-23  Je Hais Les Dimanches  03:21

1-24  Le Noel De La Rue  03:22

CD 2  1951-1959  74:13

2-1  Padam, Padam  03:17

2-2  Plus Bleu Que Tes Yeux  03:10

2-3  Au Bal De La Chance  02:53

2-4  Notre-Dame De Paris  03:03

2-5  Bravo Pour Le Clown  03:04

2-6  Johnny Tu N'es Pas Un Ange  02:11

2-7  Heureuse  03:17

2-8  L'effet Que Tu Me Fais  03:13

2-9  La Goualante Du Pauvre Jean  02:01

2-10  Enfin Le Printemps (Vises Mon Jules)  02:20

2-11  Sous Le Ciel De Paris  03:22

2-12  L'Accordéoniste  03:36

2-13  C'est À Hambourg  02:59

2-14  Miséricorde  03:28

2-15  L'Homme À La Moto  02:05

2-16  Avant Nous  02:58

2-17  Les Amants D'un Jour  03:12

2-18  La Foule  02:56

2-19  Comme Moi  02:58

2-20  Je Sais Comment  03:20

2-21  Mon Manège A Moi (Tu Me Fais Tourner La Tête)  03:00

2-22  Un Etranger  03:14

2-23  Milord  04:30

2-24  T'es Beau Tu Sais  04:06

CD 3  1960-1963  73:05

3-1  Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien  02:22

3-2  Mon Dieu  03:24

3-3  Les Flons-Flons Du Bal  02:27

3-4  Le Vieux Piano  03:11

3-5  La Ville Inconnue  03:50

3-6  Les Amants Merveilleux  02:41

3-7  Toujours Aimer  03:12

3-8  Exodus  03:28

3-9  A Quoi Ça Sert L'Amour?  02:27

3-10  Le Diable De La Bastille  02:30

3-11  Polichinelle  03:03

3-12  Le Droit D'Aimer  03:21

3-13  Le Chant D'amour (Live)  02:58

3-14  Tiens V'la Un Marin  03:01

3-15  C'était Pas Moi  02:40

3-16  L'Homme De Berlin  03:02

3-17  Hymn To Love  03:24

3-18  La Vie En Rose  03:22

3-19  The Three Bells  03:24

3-20  I Shouldn't Care  02:29

3-21  Chante Moi  03:13

3-22  Autumn Leaves  03:28

3-23  Heaven Have A Mercy  03:29

3-24  No Regrets  02:29

Releases

Formats

CD

Labels

EMI

Countries

South Africa, Europe

years

2008, 2009

Members

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