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For|the play|Piaf (play)Infobox musical artist | name = Édith Piaf| image = Edith Piaf.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Édith Giovanna Gassion| alias = La Môme Piaf ( The Kid Sparrow )| Born = birthdate|1915|12|19|df=y Belleville, Paris|Belleville , Paris, French Third Republic|France | Died = dda|1963|10|11|1915|12|19|df=y Alpes-Maritimes|Plascassier , France| instrument = Voice| genre = Cabaret Torch song s Chanson#Modern chanson|Chanson | occupation = Singer, songwriter, actress| years_active = 1935–1963| label = Pathé Records , Pathé-Marconi| associated_acts = Édith Piaf (IPA-en|pi?'??f|US, IPA-en|'pi?æf|UK; IPA-fr|e'dit pjaf|lang; 19 December 1915ndash11 October 1963), born Édith Giovanna Gassion , was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's national popular singer, as well as being one of France's greatest international stars.cite web | title = Edith Piaf: Biography | url = http://music.yahoo.com/edith-piaf/biography/ | first = Steve | last = Huey | publisher = Yahoo& #33; Music|accessdate=3 September 2009 Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballad s. Among her songs are " La Vie en rose " (1946), " Non, je ne regrette rien " (1960), " Hymne à l'amour " (1949), " Milord (song)|Milord " (1959), " La Foule " (1957), "l'Accordéoniste" (1955), and "Padam... Padam..." (1951).
Early life
Despite numerous biographies, much of Piaf's life is shrouded in mystery.cite news | first=Wesley | last=Morris | title= A complex portrait of a spellbinding singer | date=15 June 2007 | url = http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/06/15/a_complex_portrait_of_a_spellbinding_singer/ |work=The Boston Globe | accessdate = 3 September 2009 She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion cite news | first=Peter | last=Rainer | title= 'La Vie en Rose': Édith Piaf's encore | date=8 June 2007 | url = http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0608/p14s03-almo.html |work=The Christian Science Monitor |location=Boston | accessdate = 3 September 2009 in Belleville, Paris . Legend has it that she was born on the pavement of Rue de Belleville 72 , but her birth certificate cites the Hôpital Tenon,cite web | title = Biography: Édith Piaf | url = http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6057.asp | publisher = Radio France Internationale Musique | accessdate = 3 September 2009 the hospital for the 20th arrondissement of Paris|20th arrondissement of which Belleville is part.
She was named Édith after the World War I British nurse Edith Cavell , who was executed for helping French soldiers escape from German captivity.cite news |first=Thirza |last=Vallois |title=Two Paris Love Stories |url= http://www.paris.org/Kiosque/feb98/love.html |publisher=Paris Kiosque |date=February 1998 |accessdate=9 August 2007 Piaf—an argot colloquialism for " sparrow "—was a nickname she would receive 20 years later.
Her mother, Annetta Giovanna Maillard (1895–1945), was of French descent on her father's side and of Italian and Berber people|Berber origin on her mother's.Her grand-mother Emma Saïd ben Mohamed was born in Mogador, Morocco in December 1876, « Emma Saïd ben Mohamed, d'origine kabyle people|kabyle et probablement connue au Maroc où renvoie son acte de naissance établi à Mogador, le 10 décembre 1876 », Pierre Duclos and Georges ?Martin, ? ?Piaf, ? ?biographie , ? Éditions du Seuil, 1993, ?Paris, ?p.& nbsp;41"Her mother, half-Italian, half-Berber", David Bret , Piaf: a passionate life , Robson Books, 1998, p.2 She was a native of Livorno , a port city on the western edge of Tuscany , Italy. She worked as a café singer under the name Line Marsa .
Louis-Alphonse Gassion (1881–1944), Édith's father, was a Normandy|Norman street acrobatcite news | first=Joe | last=Ray | title= Édith Piaf and Jacques Brel live again in Paris: The two legendary singers are making a comeback in cafes and theatres in the City of Light | date=11 October 2003 | url = http://joearay2.tripod.com/vancouversun/brel_et_piaf.html |work=The Vancouver Sun |location=Canada |page=F3 | accessdate = 18 July 2007 with a past in the theatre. Édith's parents soon abandoned her, and she lived for a short time with her maternal grandmother, Emma (Aïcha) Saïd ben Mohammed (1876–1930). Before he enlisted with the French Army in 1916 to fight in World War I, her father took her to his mother, who ran a brothel in Normandy. There, prostitutes helped look after Piaf.
From the age of three to seven, Piaf was allegedly blind as a result of keratitis . According to one of her biographies,Citation needed|date=August 2010 she recovered her sight after her grandmother's prostitutes pooled money to send her on a pilgrimage honoring Saint Thérèse of Lisieux , which the author claims resulted in a miraculous healing.Citation needed|date=August 2010 In 1929, at 14, she joined her father in his acrobatic street performances all over France, where she first sang in public.
She took a room at Grand Hôtel de Clermont (18 rue Veron , Paris 18ème) and separated from him, going her own way as a street singer in Quartier Pigalle|Pigalle , Ménilmontant , and the Paris suburbs (cf. the song " Elle fréquentait la Rue Pigalle ").
She joined her friend Simone Berteaut ("Mômone") in this endeavor, and the two became lifelong partners in mischief. She was about 16 when she fell in love with Louis Dupont, a delivery boy.
At 17, she had her only child, a girl named Marcelle, who died of meningitis at age two. Like her mother, Piaf found it difficult to care for a child while living a life of the streets, so she often left Marcelle behind while she was away, and Dupont raised her until her death.
Singing career
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 convert|142|cm|ftin,cite news|first=Marshall|last=Fine|title=The soul of the Sparrow|date=4 June 2007|url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2007/06/04/2007-06-04_the_soul_of_the_sparrow.html|publisher= Daily News (New York)| Daily News (New York) |accessdate=19 July 2007 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 ( Paris#Etymology|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.cite news |first=Andre|last=Mayer|title=Songbird|date=8 June 2007|url= http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/lavieenrose.html|publisher=CBC|accessdate =19 July 2007 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".
World War II
During World War II, she was a frequent performer at German Forces social gatherings in occupied France, and many considered her a traitor; following the war she stated that she had been working for the French Resistance . While there is no evidence of this, it does seem to be true that she was instrumental in helping a number of individuals (including at least one Jew) escape Nazism|Nazi persecution. Throughout it all, she remained a national and international favorite. http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/2F58TDS4EBDR Amazon.com: "Know About Édith Piaf? " Piaf dated a Jewish pianist during this time and co-wrote a subtle protest song with Marguerite Monnot|Monnot . According to one story, singing for high-ranking Germans at the One Two Two Club cite news|first=Stuart|last=Jeffries|title= The love of a poet|date=8 November 2003|url= http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1079383,00.html|work=The Guardian |location=UK|accessdate=19 September 2007 earned Piaf the right to pose for photographs with French prisoner of war|prisoners of war , to boost their morale. The Frenchmen were supposedly able to cut out their photos and use them as forged passport photos.
Personal life
The love of Piaf's life, the married boxing|boxer Marcel Cerdan , died in a plane crash in October 1949, while flying from Paris to New York City to meet her. Cerdan's Air France flight, flown on a Lockheed Constellation , went down in the Azores , killing everyone on board, including noted violinist Ginette Neveu . http://www.marcelcerdanheritage.com/2en.aspx? sr=12 Marcel Cerdan's tragic disappearance (1949) – Marcel Cerdan Heritage Piaf and Cerdan's affair made international headlines, as Cerdan was the former middleweight world champion and a legend in France in his own right.
In 1951, Piaf was seriously injured in a car crash along with Charles Aznavour , breaking her arm and two ribs, and thereafter had serious difficulties arising from morphine and alcohol addictions. Two more near fatal car crashes exacerbated the situation. Jacques Pills , a singer, took her into rehabilitation on three different occasions to no avail.
Piaf married Jacques Pills in 1952 (her matron of honour was Marlene Dietrich ) and divorced him in 1956. In 1962, she wed Theophanis Lamboukas|Théo Sarapo (Theophanis Lamboukas), a Greek hairdresser-turned-singer and actor who was 20 years her junior. The couple sang together in some of her last engagements.
Death and legacy
Piaf died of Hepatocellular carcinoma|liver cancer at age 47 at her http://www.estatenetfrance.com/property/Grand-Stone-Bastide-with-Pool-in-Chateauneuf-Grasse/4775/ Villa in Plascassier , on the French Riviera , on 11 October 1963 http://www.nndb.com/people/746/000092470/cite web|url= http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi? page=gr& GRid=1334|title=Edith Giovanna Piaf (1915–1963)|publisher= Find a Grave|Findagrave.com |date= |accessdate=1 April 2010cite web|url= http://worldmusic.about.com/od/bandsartistsaz/p/EdithPiaf.htm |title=Edith Piaf Profile – The Tragic Life of Edith Piaf – About.com |publisher=Worldmusic.about.com |date= |accessdate=1 April 2010 in Paris). She had been drifting in and out of consciousness for several months. Her last words were "Every damn fool thing you do in this life, you pay for."cite web|url= http://www.life.com/gallery/66931/image/89860134/famous-last-words#index/30 |title=Edith Piaf - Famous Last Words |publisher=Life.com |date=31 October 2011|accessdate=12 January 2012 It is said that Sarapo drove her body back to Paris secretly so that fans would think she had died in her hometown. She is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris next to her daughter Marcelle, where her grave is among the most visited.
Although she was denied a requiem|funeral mass by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris|Roman Catholic archbishop of Paris because of her lifestyle, her funeral procession drew tens of thousands of mourners onto the streets of Paris and the ceremony at the cemetery was attended by more than 100,000 fans.fr icon http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php? vue=notice& id_notice=CAF88021676 Édith Piaf funeral – Video – French tv, 14 October 1963, Institut national de l'audiovisuel|INA Charles Aznavour recalled that Piaf's funeral procession was the only time since the end of World War II that he saw Parisian traffic come to a complete stop.
In Paris, a two-room museum is dedicated to her, the Musée Édith Piaf http://www.paris.org/Musees/Piaf/info.html Musée Édith Piaf (5 rue Crespin du Gast).
In popular culture
Numerous songs by Piaf are used in films (such as Saving Private Ryan and Inception ) and other media. Singers have paid tribute to her by covering her songs. Piaf's name can still be found in popular culture and music today. Her life has been the subject of multiple films and plays:
Films of her life
The film Piaf (1974) depicted her early years, and starred Brigitte Ariel, with early Piaf songs performed by Betty Mars .
Piaf's relationship with Marcel Cerdan|Cerdan was also depicted in film by Claude Lelouch in the movie Édith et Marcel (1983), with Marcel Cerdan Jr. in the role of his father and Évelyne Bouix portraying Piaf.
Piaf...Her Story...Her Songs (2003) is a film starring Raquel Bitton (singer)|Raquel Bitton in her performance tribute to Édith Piaf. Bitton performs Piaf's most famous songs and describes her tempestuous life. Woven into the filmed concert is a luncheon in Paris, hosted by Bitton, in which some of Piaf's composers, friends, lovers, and family share their memories. These include Michel Rivgauche and Francis Lai, two of Piaf's composers, as well as Marcel Cerdan, Jr., son of the boxing champion who was her greatest love.
La Vie en rose (film)|La Vie en rose (2007), a film about her life directed by Olivier Dahan , debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin Film Festival in February 2007. Titled La Môme in France, the film stars Marion Cotillard in the role that won her the Academy Award for Best Actress ( Academy Award|Oscar ), as Piaf. Dahan's film follows Piaf's life from early childhood to her death in 1963. David Bret 's 1988 biography, Piaf, A Passionate Life , was re-released by JR Books to coincide with the film's release.
Plays
Piaf (play)|Piaf (1978), by Pam Gems
Piaf Piaf (1988), by Juha Siltanen and Jorma Uotinen
The Sparrow and the Birdman By Raquel Bitton (1999) Commissioned by Theatreworks
Edith and Simone (2000 and 2006), by Ronny Verheyen
PIAF..Her story..Her songs" By Raquel Bitton (2000)
Hearts..Le Ballet des Coeurs By Raquel Bitton (1985) Choreography Michael Smuin,Set Designs Tony Walton,Costumes Willa Kim
Pure Piaf (2006), by Alex Ryer
No Regrets (2009), by Scotti Sween ( Off-Off-Broadway )
Piaf de Musical (1999 and 2009), a Dutch musical
Piaf, het legendarische verhaal van Edith Piaf (2009), by Yves Caspar
Edith Piaf, alive and living in New York (2011), by Floanne Ankah
Songs
col-begincol-break;1925
lang|fr|Comme un Moineau
;1933
lang|fr|Entre Saint-Ouen et Clignancourt
;1934
lang|fr|L'Étranger
;1935
lang|fr|Mon Apéro
lang|fr|La Java de Cézigue
lang|fr|Fais-Moi Valser
;1936
lang|fr|Les Mômes de la Clôche
lang|fr|J'Suis Mordue
lang|fr| Mon légionnaire
lang|fr|Le Contrebandier
lang|fr|La Fille et le Chien
lang|fr|La Julie Jolie
lang|fr|Va Danser
lang|fr|Chand d'Habits
lang|fr|Reste
lang|fr|Les Hiboux
lang|fr|Quand Même (from the movie La Garçonne (1936 film)|La Garçonne )
lang|fr|La Petite Boutique
lang|fr|Y'Avait du Soleil
lang|fr|Il N'Est Pas Distingué
lang|fr|Les Deux Ménétriers
lang|fr|Mon Amant de la Coloniale
lang|fr|C'Est Toi le Plus Fort
lang|fr| Le Fanion de la Légion
lang|fr|J'Entends la Sirène
lang|fr|Ding, Din, Dong
lang|fr|Madeleine Qu'Avait du Cœur
lang|fr|Les Marins Ça Fait des Voyages
lang|fr|Simple Comme Bonjour
lang|fr|Le Mauvais Matelot
lang|fr|Celui Qui Ne Savait Pas Pleurer
;1937
lang|fr|Le Grand Voyage du Pauvre Nègre
lang|fr|Un Jeune Homme Chantait
lang|fr|Tout Fout le Camp
lang|fr|Ne M'Écris Pas
lang|fr|Partance
lang|fr|Dans un Bouge du Vieux Port
lang|fr|Mon Cœur Est au Coin d'une Rue
;1938
lang|fr|?'Est Lui Que Mon Cœur A Choisi
lang|fr|Paris-Méditerranée
lang|fr|La Java en Mineur
lang|fr|Browning
lang|fr|Le Chacal
lang|fr|Corrèqu'et Réguyer
;1939
lang|fr|Y'En A un de Trop
lang|fr|Elle Fréquentait la Rue Pigalle
lang|fr|Le Petit Monsieur Triste
lang|fr|Les Deux Copains
lang|fr|Je N'En Connais Pas la Fin
;1940
lang|fr|Embrasse-Moi
lang|fr|On Danse sur Ma Chanson
lang|fr|Sur une Colline
lang|fr|C'Est la Moindre des Choses
lang|fr|Escale
lang|fr|La Fille de Joie Est Triste (L'Accordéoniste)
;1941
lang|fr|Où Sont-Ils, Mes Petits Copains?
lang|fr|C'Était un Jour de Fête
lang|fr|C'Est un Monsieur Très Distingué
lang|fr|J'Ai Dansé avec l'Amour (from the movie Montmartre-sur-Seine )
lang|fr|L'Homme des Bars
lang|fr|Le Vagabond
;1942
lang|fr|Jimmy, C'Est Lui
lang|fr|Un Coin Tout Bleu (from the movie Montmartre-sur-Seine )
lang|fr|Sans Y Penser
lang|fr|Un Monsieur Me Suit dans la Rue
;1943
lang|fr|Tu Es Partout (from the movie Montmartre-sur-Seine )
lang|fr|J'Ai Qu'à l'Regarder...
lang|fr|Le Chasseur de l'Hôtel
lang|fr|C'Était une Histoire d'Amour
lang|fr|Le Brun et le Blond
lang|fr|Monsieur Saint-Pierre
lang|fr|Coup de Grisou
lang|fr|De l'Autre Côté de la Rue
lang|fr|La Demoiselle du Cinqième
;1944
lang|fr|Les Deux Rengaines
lang|fr|Y'A Pas d'Printemps
lang|fr|Les Histoires de Coeur
lang|fr|C'Est Toujours la Même Histoire
;1945
lang|fr|Le Disque Usé
lang|fr|Elle A...
lang|fr|Regarde-Moi Toujours Comme Ça
lang|fr|Les Gars Qui Marchaient
lang|fr|Il Riait
lang|fr|Monsieur Ernest A Réussi
;1946
lang|fr| La Vie en rose
lang|fr|Les Trois Cloches (with Les Compagnons de la chanson )
lang|fr|Dans Ma Rue
lang|fr|J'M'En Fous Pas Mal
lang|fr|C'Est Merveilleux
lang|fr|Adieu Mon Cœur
lang|fr|Le Chant du Pirate
lang|fr|Céline (with Les Compagnons de la Chanson)
lang|fr|Le Petit Homme
lang|fr|Le Roi A Fait Battre Tambour (with Les Compagnons de la Chanson)
lang|fr|Dans les Prisons de Nantes (with Les Compagnons de la Chanson)
lang|fr|Mariage
lang|fr|Un Refrain Courait dans la Rue
lang|fr|Miss Otis Regrets
col-break ;1947
lang|fr|C'Est pour Ça (from the movie Neuf Garçons, Un Cœur )
lang|fr|Qu'As-Tu Fait John?
lang|fr|Sophie (from the movie Neuf Garçons, Un Cœur )
lang|fr|Le Geste
lang|fr|Si Tu Partais
lang|fr|Une Chanson à Trois Temps
lang|fr|Un Homme Comme les Autres
lang|fr|Les Cloches Sonnent
lang|fr|Johnny Fedora et Alice Blue Bonnet
lang|fr|Le Rideau Tombe Avant la Fin
lang|fr|Elle Avait Son Sourire
;1948
lang|fr|Monsieur Lenoble
lang|fr|Les Amants de Paris
lang|fr|Il A Chanté
lang|fr|Les Vieux Bateaux
lang|fr|Il Pleut
lang|fr|Cousu de Fil Blanc
lang|fr|Amour du mois de Mai
lang|fr|Monsieur X
;1949
lang|fr|Bal dans Ma Rue
lang|fr|Pour Moi Tout' Seule
lang|fr|Pleure Pas
lang|fr|Le Prisonnier de la Tour (Si le Roi Savait Ça Isabelle)
lang|fr|L'Orgue des Amoureux
lang|fr|Dany
lang|fr|Paris (from the movie ''L'Homme aux Mains d'Argile )
lang|fr| Hymne à l'amour
;1950
lang|fr|Hymne à l'amour
lang|fr|Le Chevalier de Paris
lang|fr|Il Fait Bon T'Aimer
lang|fr|La P'Tite Marie
lang|fr|Tous les Amoureux Chantent
lang|fr|Il Y Avait
lang|fr|C'Est d'la Faute à Tes Yeux
lang|fr|C'Est un Gars
Hymn to Love
Autumn Leaves
The Three Bells
lang|fr|Le Ciel Est Fermé
lang|fr|La Fête Continue
Simply a Waltz
lang|fr|La Vie en rose (English version)
;1951
lang|fr|Padam... Padam...
lang|fr|Avant l'Heure
lang|fr|L'Homme Que J'aimerai
lang|fr|Du Matin Jusqu'au soir
lang|fr|Demain (Il Fera Jour)
lang|fr|C'Est Toi (with Eddie Constantine )
lang|fr|Rien de Rien
lang|fr|Si, Si, Si, Si (with Eddie Constantine )
lang|fr|À l'Enseigne de la Fille sans Cœur
lang|fr|Télégramme
lang|fr|Une Enfant
lang|fr|Plus Bleu Que Tes Yeux
lang|fr|Le Noël de la Rue
lang|fr|La Valse de l'Amour
lang|fr|La Rue aux Chansons
lang|fr|Jezebel
lang|fr|Chante-Moi (with M. Jiteau)
lang|fr|Chanson de Catherine
lang|fr|Chanson Bleue
lang|fr|Je Hais les Dimanches
;1952
lang|fr|Au Bal de la Chance
lang|fr|Elle A Dit
lang|fr|Notre-Dame de Paris
lang|fr|Mon Ami M'A Donné
lang|fr|Je T'Ai dans la Peau (from the movie Boum sur Paris )
lang|fr|Monsieur et Madame
lang|fr|Ça Gueule Ça, Madame (with Jacques Pills ) (from the movie Boum sur Paris )
;1953
lang|fr|Bravo pour le Clown
lang|fr|Sœur Anne
lang|fr|N'Y Va Pas Manuel
lang|fr|Les Amants de Venise
lang|fr|L'Effet Qu'Tu M'Fais
lang|fr|Johnny, Tu N'Es Pas un Ange
lang|fr|Jean et Martine
lang|fr|Et Moi...
lang|fr|Pour Qu'Elle Soit Jolie Ma Chanson (with Jacques Pills ) (from the movie Boum sur Paris )
lang|fr|Les Croix
lang|fr|Le Bel Indifférent
lang|fr|Heureuse
;1954
lang|fr|La Goualante du Pauvre Jean
lang|fr|Enfin le Printemps
lang|fr|Retour
lang|fr|Mea Culpa
lang|fr|Le "Ça Ira" (from the movie '' Royal Affairs in Versailles|Si Versailles M'Était Conté )
lang|fr|Avec Ce Soleil
lang|fr|L'Homme au Piano
lang|fr|Sérénade du Pavé (from the movie French Cancan )
lang|fr|Sous Le Ciel de Paris
;1955
lang|fr|L'Accordéoniste
lang|fr|Un Grand Amour Qui S'Achève
lang|fr|Miséricorde
lang|fr|C'Est à Hambourg
lang|fr|Légende
lang|fr|Le Chemin des Forains
col-break ;1956
Heaven Have Mercy
One Little Man
'Cause I Love You
lang|fr|Chante-Moi (English)
Don't Cry
I Shouldn't Care
My Lost Melody
lang|fr|Avant Nous
lang|fr|Et Pourtant
lang|fr|Marie la Française
lang|fr|Les Amants d'un Jour
lang|fr|L'Homme à la Moto
lang|fr|Soudain une Vallée
lang|fr|Une Dame
lang|fr|Toi Qui Sais
;1957
lang|fr| La Foule
lang|fr|Les Prisons du Roy
lang|fr|Opinion Publique
lang|fr|Salle d'Attente
lang|fr|Les Grognards
lang|fr|Comme Moi
;1958
lang|fr|C'Est un Homme Terrible
lang|fr|Je Me Souviens d'une Chanson
lang|fr|Je Sais Comment
lang|fr|Tatave
lang|fr|Les Orgues de Barbarie
lang|fr|Eden Blues
lang|fr|Le Gitan et la Fille
lang|fr|Fais Comme Si
lang|fr|Le Ballet des Cœurs
lang|fr|Les Amants de Demain
lang|fr|Les Neiges de Finlande
lang|fr|Tant Qu'Il Y Aura des Jours
lang|fr|Un Étranger
lang|fr|Mon Manège à Moi
;1959
lang|fr| Milord (song)|Milord
lang|fr|T'Es Beau, Tu Sais
;1960
lang|fr| Non, je ne regrette rien
lang|fr|La Vie, l'Amour
lang|fr|Rue de Siam
lang|fr|Jean l'Espagnol
lang|fr|La Belle Histoire d'Amour
lang|fr|La Ville Inconnue
lang|fr|Non, La Vie N'Est Pas Triste
lang|fr|Kiosque à Journaux
lang|fr|Le Métro de Paris
lang|fr|Cri du Cœur
lang|fr|Les Blouses Blanches
lang|fr|Les Flons-Flons du Bal
lang|fr|Les Mots d'Amour
lang|fr|T'Es l'Homme Qu'Il Me Faut
lang|fr|Mon Dieu
lang|fr|Boulevard du Crime
lang|fr|C'Est l'Amour
lang|fr|Des Histoires
lang|fr|Ouragan
lang|fr|Je Suis à Toi
lang|fr|Les Amants Merveilleux
lang|fr|Je M'Imagine
lang|fr|Jérusalem
lang|fr|Le Vieux Piano
;1961
lang|fr|C'Est Peut-Être Ça
lang|fr|Les Bleuets d'Azur
lang|fr|Quand Tu Dors
lang|fr|Mon Vieux Lucien
lang|fr|Le Dénicheur
lang|fr|J'N'Attends Plus Rien
lang|fr|J'En Ai Passé des Nuits
lang|fr|Exodus
lang|fr|Faut Pas Qu'Il Se Figure
lang|fr|Les Amants (with Charles Dumont )
No Regrets
lang|fr|Le Billard Électrique
lang|fr|Marie-Trottoir
lang|fr|Qu'Il Était Triste Cet Anglais
lang|fr|Toujours Aimer
lang|fr|Mon Dieu (anglais)
lang|fr|Le Bruit des Villes
lang|fr|Dans Leur Baiser
;1962
lang|fr|À Quoi Ça Sert L'Amour?
lang|fr|Le Droit d'Aimer
lang|fr|À Quoi Ça Sert L'Amour? (with Theophanis Lamboukas|Théo Sarapo )
lang|fr|Fallait-Il
lang|fr|Une Valse
lang|fr|Inconnu Excepté de Dieu (with Charles Dumont )
lang|fr|Quatorze Juillet
lang|fr|Les Amants de Teruel (with Mikis Theodorakis / Jacques Plante )
La Garçonne (1936 film)|La garçonne (1936), Jean de Limur
Montmartre-sur-Seine (1941), Georges Lacombe (film director)|Georges Lacombe
Étoile sans lumière (1946), Marcel Blistène
Neuf garçons, un cœur (1947), Georges Freedland
'' Royal Affairs in Versailles|Si Versailles m'était conté (1954), Sacha Guitry
French Cancan (1954), Jean Renoir
Música de Siempre (1958), sang La vida en rosa, the Spanish version of " La Vie en rose ".
Les Amants de demain (1959), Marcel Blistène
Theatre credit
Le Bel Indifférent (1940), Jean Cocteau
Discography
The following titles are compilations of Édith Piaf's songs, and not reissues of the titles released while Édith Piaf was active.
The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Édith Piaf , original release date: June 1991
Édith Piaf: 30th Anniversaire , original release date: 5 April 1994
Édith Piaf: Her Greatest Recordings 1935–1943 , original release date: 15 July 1995
The Early Years: 1938–1945, Vol. 3 , original release date: 15 October 1996
Hymn to Love: All Her Greatest Songs in English , original release date: 4 November 1996
Gold Collection , original release date: 9 January 1998
The Rare Piaf 1950–1962 (28 April 1998)
La Vie en rose , original release date: 26 January 1999
Montmartre Sur Seine (soundtrack import), original release date: 19 September 2000
Éternelle: The Best Of (29 January 2002)
Love and Passion (boxed set), original release date: 8 April 2002
The Very Best of Édith Piaf (import), original release date: 29 October 2002
75 Chansons (Box set/import), original release date: 22 September 2005
48 Titres Originaux (import), (09/01/2006)
''Édith Piaf: L'Intégrale/Complete 20 CD/413 Chansons, original release date: 27 February 2007
There are in excess of 80 albums of Édith Piaf's songs available on online music stores.
Édith Piaf on DVD
Édith Piaf – A Passionate Life (24 May 2004)
Édith Piaf : Eternal Hymn (''Éternelle, l'hymne à la môme , Non-US Format, Pal, Region 2, import)
Piaf – Her Story, Her Songs (June 2006)
Piaf: La Môme (2007)
La Vie en rose (film)|La Vie en rose (biopic, 2008)
Édith Piaf – The Perfect Concert and Piaf The Documentary (February 2009)
Books on Édith Piaf
The Wheel of Fortune: The Autobiography of Édith Piaf by Édith Piaf (originally written in 1958, 5 years before her death), Peter Owen Publishers; ISBN 0720612284
Édith Piaf , by Édith Piaf and Simone Berteaut, published January 1982; ISBN 2904106014
Cite book|work=memoirs|last=Berteaut|first=Simone|coauthors=Boulanger, G. (translator)|title=Au bal de la chance|editor=Robert Laffont|publisher=Penguin|location=Paris|year=1958|edition=1965 (translation)|isbn=978-0140036695|language=French, translated into English memoirs, written by stepsister
The Piaf Legend , by David Bret , Robson Books,1988.
Piaf: A Passionate Life , by David Bret, Robson Books, 1998, revised JR Books, 2007
"The Sparrow – Edith Piaf," chapter in Singers & The Song (pp.& nbsp;23–43), by Gene Lees, Oxford University Press, 1987, insightful critique of Piaf's biography and music.
Marlene, My Friend , by David Bret, Robson Books, 1993. Dietrich dedicates a whole chapter to her friendship with Piaf.
Oh& #33; Père Lachaise , by Jim Yates, Édition d'Amèlie 2007, ISBN 978-0-9555836-0-5. Piaf and Oscar Wilde meet in a pink-tinted Parisian Purgatory.
No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf , by Carolyn Burke, Alfred A. Knopf 2011, ISBN 978-0-307-26801-3. An in-depth and insightful look at Piaf's life.
See also
Music of France
French popular music
References
Reflist|2
External links
Commons category|Édith Piaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=V7YVp3KxucE Newsreel on Edith Piaf's Life
http://www.edithpiaf.co.uk Edith Piaf and her Paris
Use dmy dates|date=April 2011
Persondata| NAME = Piaf, Édith | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Gassion, Édith Giovanna | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer, songwriter, actress | DATE OF BIRTH = 19 December 1915 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Belleville, Paris , France | DATE OF DEATH = 11 October 1963 | PLACE OF DEATH = Alpes-Maritimes|Placassier , France DEFAULTSORT:Piaf, Edith Category:1915 births Category:1963 deaths Category:Musicians from Paris Category:Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Category:Cabaret singers Category:Cancer deaths in France Category:Deaths from liver cancer Category:French buskers Category:French female singers Category:French-language singers Category:French people of Italian descent Category:French people of Algerian descent Category:French pop singers Category:French Resistance members Category:Torch singers Category:Pseudonymous musicians
