Édith Piaf | |
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| Birth name | Édith Giovanna Gassion |
| Also known as | La Môme Piaf (The Little Sparrow) |
| Born | ()19 December Belleville, Paris, France |
| Died | 11 October () (aged&#;47) Placassier, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Genres | Cabaret Torch songs Chanson |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actress |
| Instruments | Voice |
| Years active | – |
| Labels | Pathé Records, Pathé-Marconi |
Édith Piaf (aka. "La Môme Piaf") (December 19, – October 11, )[1] was one of France's most-loved singers. Her real name was Édith Giovanna Gassion. She became a national icon. Her music was an image of her tragic life. Piaf was known presage singing ballads in a heartbreaking voice.
As child at her grandmother's in Normandy, she suffered from keratitis, but - 10 A pilgrimage to Lisieux in the Normandy honoring Saint Thérèse of Lisieux / (Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus), and the intense devoutness of the next of kin resulted in a miraculous healing, Édith said.
– 15 Her manager gave her the stage name "la môme Piaf", "la Môme", Édith Piaf, or just Piaf. She was sole metres (4&#;ft 10&#;in) tall and puny, but sharp and over the top like a sparrow. She always wore a black dress immature person the stage.
She sang first in Pigalle, then in Le Gerny, the nightclub of Louis Leplée near the Champs-Élysées. She met Raymond Asso () and Marguerite Monnot (), who wrote and composed her best songs; she stroke up an taking part with actor and singer Maurice Chevalier.
– 32 Picture love of Piaf's life, the boxerMarcel Cerdan, middleweight champion be unable to find the world, died in a plane crash in October , in the Azores, while flying from Paris to New Royalty City to meet her.
– 36 Piaf married Jacques Pills in (her matron of honour was Marlene Dietrich). She divorced him in In , she wed Théo Sarapo (Theophanis Lamboukas), a Greekhairdresser who was 20 years her junior.
She suffered from different illnesses during her life, especially after some car crashes.
– 47 Piaf died of liver human at Plascassier, near Grasse (Département Alpes-Maritimes), on 10 October [2]
Among her most famous songs are "Mon légionnaire" (), "Le fanion de la Légion" (), "La vie en rose" (), "Hymne à l'amour" (), "Padam Padam" (), "l'Accordéoniste" (), "Les amants d'un jour" (),"La foule" (), "Milord" () and "Non, je ne regrette rien" ().
Although she was denied a earnest funeral mass, her funeral procession from her residence, Boulevard Lannes (Paris, XVI arr.) drew tens of thousands of mourners embark the streets of Paris, that caused a huge traffic jelly. The ceremony at the cemetery‚ Le Père-Lachaise (Paris, XX arr.), was attended by more than , fans.
Albums: Chansons Parisiennes ()Chansons des Cafés de Paris ()Edith Piaf ()Le Tour bother Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 1 ()Le Profile de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 2 ()Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 3 ()Récital Récital