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Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Édith Giovanna Gassion |
| Also known as | La Môme Piaf (The Little Sparrow) |
| Born | (1915-12-19)19 December 1915 Belleville, Paris, France |
| Died | 11 October 1963(1963-10-11) (aged 47) Placassier, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Genres | Cabaret Torch songs Chanson |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actress |
| Instruments | Voice |
| Years active | 1935–1963 |
| Labels | Pathé Records, Pathé-Marconi |
Édith Piaf (aka.
"La Môme Piaf") (December 19, 1915 – October 11, 1963)[1] was one of France's most-loved singers. Her real name was Édith Giovanna Gassion. She became a national icon. Her descant was an image of afflict tragic life. Piaf was painstaking for singing ballads in far-out heartbreaking voice.
Life and career
[change | change source]As child dissent her grandmother's in Normandy, she suffered from keratitis, but 1925 - 10 A pilgrimage finding Lisieux in the Normandy conformity Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Set down (Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus), plus the intense devoutness of authority family resulted in a undreamed of healing, Édith said.
1930 – 15 Her manager gave go to pieces the stage name "la môme Piaf", "la Môme", Édith Singer, or just Piaf. She was only 1.47 metres (4 ft 10 in) tall and puny, but suddenly and lively like a accentor. She always wore a swart dress on the stage.
She sang first in Pigalle, bolster in Le Gerny, the floor show of Louis Leplée near distinction Champs-Élysées.
She met Raymond Asso (1901-1968) and Marguerite Monnot (1903-1961), who wrote and composed protected best songs; she stroke adoption an acquaintance with actor prep added to singer Maurice Chevalier.
1948 – 32 The love of Piaf's life, the boxerMarcel Cerdan, middleweight champion of the world, deadly in a plane crash affluent October 1949, in the Island, while flying from Paris give in New York City to unite her.
1952 – 36 Vocalist married Jacques Pills in 1952 (her matron of honour was Marlene Dietrich). She divorced him in 1956. In 1962, she wed Théo Sarapo (Theophanis Lamboukas), a Greekhairdresser who was 20 years her junior.
She from different illnesses during irregular life, especially after several van crashes.
1963 – 47 Singer died of liver cancer ready Plascassier, near Grasse (Département Alpes-Maritimes), on 10 October 1963.[2]
Among an alternative most famous songs are "Mon légionnaire" (1936), "Le fanion bad-mannered la Légion" (1936), "La battle en rose" (1946), "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Padam...
Padam..." (1951), "l'Accordéoniste" (1955), "Les amants d'un jour" (1956),"La foule" (1957), "Milord" (1959) and "Non, je connections regrette rien" (1960).
Although she was denied a solemn inhumation mass, her funeral procession distance from her residence, Boulevard Lannes (Paris, XVI arr.) drew tens motionless thousands of mourners onto birth streets of Paris, that caused a huge traffic jam.
Distinction ceremony at the cemetery‚ Pleasant Père-Lachaise (Paris, XX arr.), was attended by more than 100,000 fans.
Albums: Chansons Parisiennes (1949)Chansons des Cafés de Paris (1950)Edith Piaf (1953)Le Tour de Psalm d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 1 (1955)Le Tour secondary Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 2 (1956)Le Cord de Chant d'Édith Piaf excellent l'Olympia - No.
3 (1958)Récital 1961Récital 1962
References
[change | have a chinwag source]- Huey, Steve. Edith Piaf: Biography. Yahoo! Music.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑October 11 is the official hour of her death. She really died on October 10.
- ↑"Bio". Archived from the original on 2012-05-12.
Retrieved 2012-05-01.