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Platinum Collection - Edith Piaf

Platinum Collection

Edith Piaf  

Format: 3 CD

Genre: pop, rock, Chanson, Yé-Yé

Barcode: 5099961573321

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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

1-1  À Quoi Ca Sert L'amour?  02:28

1-2  Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien  02:23

1-3  Milord  04:31

1-4  Mon Dieu  03:46

1-5  Padam, Padam  03:18

1-6  Sous Le Ciel de Paris  03:25

1-7  La Foule  02:57

1-8  Plus Bleu Que Tes Yeux  03:13

1-9  Bravo Pour Le Clown  03:06

1-10  L'accordéoniste  04:03

1-11  L'homme à la Moto  02:05

1-12  L'effet Qu'tu M'fais  03:15

1-13  Je T'ai Dans la Peau  02:48

1-14  Johnny Tu N'es Pas Un Ange  02:12

1-15  Les Amants de Teruel  03:24

1-16  Emporte-moi  03:15

1-17  Les Amants de Paris  03:12

1-18  Les Trois Cloches  04:11

1-19  Hymne à L'amour  03:27

1-20  La Vie En Rose  03:07

2-1  Monsieur Incognito  05:37

2-2  Tiens V'la Un Marin  03:26

2-3  Le Chant D'amour  03:29

2-4  J'en Ai Tant Vu  03:14

2-5  C'était Pas Moi  03:14

2-6  Margot Coeur Gros  03:14

2-7  Défense de  02:49

2-8  Les Mains  02:38

2-9  La Bande En Noir  03:36

2-10  Un Dimanche à Londres  03:30

2-11  Chez Sabine  05:20

2-12  À Quoi Ca Sert L'amour  02:55

2-13  Garce de Vie (du Film "Mondo Cane")  03:33

2-14  Revenir En Grèce  02:25

2-15  Pourquoi Je L'aime  03:20

2-16  La Ronde (du Film "Valse de L'amour")  03:07

2-17  Nous N'étions Pas Pareils (La Fille Des Brumes)  02:53

2-18  Sainte Sarah  02:23

2-19  Les Espagnols  02:51

2-20  Les Rebelles  02:47

2-21  Dans la Nuit  02:59

2-22  La Maison Qui Ne Chante Plus  02:49

3-1  Les Filles, C'est Comme Ca  01:28

3-2  Agathe ou Christie  02:39

3-3  Le Magnétophone  02:09

3-4  Une Fille Libre  02:42

3-5  La Jungle  02:21

3-6  Cette Plage Déserte  02:45

3-7  J'préfère Aller Au Cinéma  02:54

3-8  L'adorable Femme Des Neiges  01:55

3-9  Qu'est-ce Que J'attends  02:09

3-10  Pas de Nouvelles  02:55

3-11  Moi Qui Passe  02:13

3-12  Rouge, Rouge  02:24

3-13  J'ai Besoin de Toi  02:33

3-14  La Vie Continue (Sunset On The Prairie)  02:37

3-15  Je N'ai Pas Volé Cet Amour  03:20

3-16  Quand On S'est Dit Tu  02:30

3-17  Avec Un Garcon  02:37

3-18  Sur Mon Petit Nuage  02:47

3-19  J'avais Le Ciel  02:08

3-20  La Musique Et la Danse  02:30

3-21  Ce Jour Viendra (Our Day Will Come)  02:23

3-22  À Tort Où à Raison  02:43

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