Edith Piaf - the Voice

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Edith Piaf - La Mome - a little Sparrow from Belleville

Born as Edith Giovanna Gassion, Edith Piaf - La Mome, became one of the greatest voices of the 20th Century.

Around the story of her life there are almost as many versions as there are tellers.

For me, my pilgrimage started in 72, rue Belleville in Paris. By the pavement where, according to the account by her possible half-sister Simone Bertaut, she was born.

There is a plate on the wall of this house with the text:

'Sur les marches de cette maison naquit le 19 Décembre 1915 dans le plus grand dénuement Edith Piaf dont la voix, plus tard, devait bouleverser le monde.'

Come and join me in the legendary world of Edith Piaf!

Je ne regrette rien

Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait, ni le mal
Tout ca m'est bien égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
C'est payé, balayé, oublié
Je me fous du passé
Avec mes souvenirs
J'ai allumé le feu
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs
Je n'ai plus besoin d'eux
Balayés mes amours
Avec leurs trémolos
Balayés pour toujours
Je repars à zéro

Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait, ni le mal
Tout ca m'est bien égal
Non, rien de rien
Non, je ne regrette rien
Car ma vie
Car mes joies
Aujourd'hui
Ça commence avec toi...

Je ne regrette rien!

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Edith Piaf at the Carnegie Hall 1956-1957

this was a real breakthrough

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Edith Piaf - Hymne à l'amour

one more love lost - eternal love remains

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The Voice

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Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose

herself - sublime

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Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose

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Edith Piaf - Milord, 1959

She starts with a recital in English

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One life, many stories

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La Vie En Rose

by Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich

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Marlene Dietrich

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Edith Piaf still in the news

Miles Davis postal stamp brings some 'cool' to your mail; Edith Piaf also to ...
The stamp debuts June 12, along with a stamp of Edith Piaf, the renowned French singer. The Davis family is overjoyed. ?We couldn't be happier,? said Erin Davis, the youngest son of Davis. ?People have been writing in for years and saying Miles needs ...
New York's last French church fights to survive
But Manhattan's last francophone parish, where French singer Edith Piaf got married in 1952, is resisting a decision taken five years ago by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York to shutter it for good. Dedicated in 1869, the church is a shadow of ...
Last French church fights to survive
But Manhattan's last Francophone parish, where French singer Edith Piaf got married in 1952, is resisting a decision taken five years ago by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York to shutter it for good. Dedicated in 1869, the church is a shadow of ...
Stone Way Community Party
Here are the details from Fathia Atallah (Wallingford's Edith Piaf incarnate): Our Spring Party is a always a lot of fun for the residents and our neighbors who live around and near the Stone Way Building to spend time with each other in the lovely ...

Mon Dieu

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Livre d'Or Edith Piaf

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Please share your thoughts about the sublime Piaf with us!

  • wikuowen Jan 9, 2011 @ 1:55 am | delete
    great lens. I like Edith Piaf, especially because of Inception.
  • NanLT Aug 12, 2010 @ 5:44 am | delete
    Hers is still by far the best version of "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"

    Added to "Another 100 Lenses for my 200th Lens"
  • GoodBug Feb 14, 2010 @ 11:14 pm | delete
    A truly wonderful voice. Some of her songs were heart-breakingly beautiful.



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