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Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the world. She is best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres.
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entertainment · French singer (1915–1963) · singer · actor · recording artist · chansonnier · street artist · songwriter · lyricist · also Édith Piaf, Édith Gassion, The Little Sparrow, La Señora Piaf, Edith Piaf, La môme Piaf
Born 19 December 1915 · Died 10 October 1963 · Q1631
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Castlemaine Mail: No Regrets – The Edith Piaf Story
Cambodgemag: Huoy Meas, the Khmer singer Sihanouk compared to Edith Piaf
YouTube: Édith Piaf – The Soul of France | An Original Instrumental Tribute
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“It’s all real and we all play on it. We cleaned up some existing recordings.”
Clarin.com: De Edith Piaf a J.D. Salinger: los vínculos más inesperados entre figuras históricas
Ultima Hora: Veranos de la Villa homenajea a Édith Piaf este miércoles con un concierto de Séverine Toffano en San Isidro
Ayuntamiento de Madrid: Rivera de la Cruz asiste al concierto homenaje a Édith Piaf de Veranos de la Villa
El Confidencial: De Leño y Loquillo a Edith Piaf y The Kinks: una playlist para viajar por Londres, París y Nueva York
BroadwayWorld: Laila Garin Stars as Édith Piaf in New Brazilian Musical PIAF – EU NÃO ME ARREPENDO (Je ne regrette rien)
Red Uno: Un clásico francés en La Gran Batalla Superstars: Oriana se transformó en Edith Piaf
Public attention spiked: 21,159 Wikipedia readers in one day, 14.4× the usual 1,473, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 21,159 Wikipedia readers in one day, 14.2× the usual 1,492, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: Jane Lapotaire was a sensation as Edith Piaf – and a majestic actor you’d never regret seeing on stage
Published video “Edith Piaf - Padam Padam”.
Published video “Edith Piaf - Plus bleu que tes yeux”.
Published video “Edith Piaf - Non, je ne regrette rien”.
Published video “Edith Piaf - Milord”.
Published video “Edith Piaf - La foule”.
The Guardian: Piaf review – Audrey Brisson rises above the melee as the French singer
American Songwriter: The Cabaret Legend That Was Edith Piaf (And You’ve Probably Never Heard of Her)
Published video “Edith Piaf - La vie en rose”.
nytimes.com: Charles Dumont, Who Wrote Enduring Melodies for Édith Piaf, Dies at 95
The Guardian: Charles Dumont, composer of Édith Piaf’s Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, dies at 95
CNN: Charles Dumont, composer of Édith Piaf’s ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,’ dead at 95
The Guardian: Why Édith Piaf’s plaintive song was the perfect fit for Céline Dion at Paris Games
NPR: A new biopic of 'La Vie En Rose' singer Edith Piaf will use AI to recreate her voice
Yahoo: Creators of the Edith Piaf AI-Generated Biopic Speak Out: ‘We Don’t Want Her to Look Cartoonish’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Euronews: Hymne À L’AI: Are you ready for an Édith Piaf AI-generated biopic?
The Guardian: Édith Piaf’s voice re-created using AI so she can narrate own biopic
Rolling Stone: AI-Generated Édith Piaf Biopic in the Works From Warner Music
Yahoo: AI-Generated Édith Piaf Biopic in the Works
AV Club: Edith Piaf's life will be the subject of an AI film, with the blessing of her estate
Collider: AI-Generated Édith Piaf Biopic in Development at Warner Music
Pitchfork: AI-Driven Édith Piaf Biopic Coming From Warner Music
Deadline.com: Warner Music To Recreate Edith Piaf’s Voice & Image Via AI For Estate-Sanctioned, Animated Biopic
Yahoo News UK: Edith Piaf to Star in Her Own Biopic Using AI
Warner Music Group (WMG) announced a new biopic of Piaf that would be narrated by an artificial intelligence program that has been trained to replicate Piaf's voice
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The Guardian: ‘Einstein was smiling at me!’ Photographer Marilyn Stafford, 96, on celebrities, slums – and breakfast with Edith Piaf
The Guardian: Piaf review – the rise and fall of the Little Sparrow
Snopes rated the claim “During World War Two, singer Edith Piaf helped 120 prisoners of war escape from Nazi camps by fabricating phoney identity cards for them.” Unproven.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “During World War Two, singer Edith Piaf helped 120 prisoners of war escape from Nazi camps by fabricating phoney identity cards for them.” Unproven.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
The Guardian: Piaf! The Show – Carrere's soaring voice clinches slow-burn tribute to French star
Published video “Edith Piaf & Friends”.
The Guardian: Edith Piaf at 100: the singer who defined Parisian courage
The Guardian: Edith Piaf’s Paris: exploring the Little Sparrow’s city
Published video “Edith Piaf - La vie en rose (Audio officiel)”.
Published video “Edith Piaf - Les trois cloches (Audio officiel)”.
Published video “Edith Piaf - Pour qu'elle soit jolie ma chanson (Audio officiel)”.
The Guardian: Le Corbusier, Piaf, the feuding Le Pens … the wartime rifts that still divide France
The Guardian: France celebrates singer Edith Piaf with exhibition for centenary of her birth
Published video “The Best of Edith Piaf”.
Published video “Édith Piaf - L'orgue des amoureux - 2010 Digital Remastering Edition”.
Published video “Édith Piaf - Les trois cloches - 2010 Digital Remastering Edition”.
Published video “Édith Piaf - Les croix - 2010 Digital Remastering Edition”.
Published video “Édith Piaf - Paris (From the Movie: L'homme aux mains d'argile) - 2010 Digital Remastering Edition”.
Published video “Édith Piaf - Soeur Anne - 2010 Digital Remastering Edition”.
Published video “Édith Piaf - N'y vas pas Manuel - 2010 Digital Remastering Edition”.
Published video “Édith Piaf - Un monsieur me suit dans la rue - 2010 Digital Remastering Edition”.
Published video “Édith Piaf - Soudain une vallée - 2010 Digital Remastering Edition”.
Released album “Mon manège à moi”.
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for La Vie en rose (1998).
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Released album “Milord - Best of Édith Piaf”.
Released album “The Early Years, Volume 2: 1937-1938”.
Released album “The Gold Collection: 40 Chansons d’or”.
Released album “The Early Years, Volume 1: 1936”.
Released album “The Early Years, Volume 4: 1947-1948”.
Released album “Nostalgie”.
Released album “La Légende”.
Released album “La Vie en rose 1940-46”.
Released album “Piaf – 1935–1942”.
Released album “Hymn to Love: All Her Greatest Songs in English”.
Released album “Édith Piaf, Volume 2”.
Released album “Les Meilleurs”.
Released album “Volume 1”.
Released album “Selection of Édith Piaf”.
Released album “La Belle Histoire d’amour”.
Released album “Premières chansons”.
Released album “Her Greatest Recordings 1935-1943”.
Released album “40 Legendary Hits”.
Released album “Une légende”.
Released album “The Hit Collection”.
Released album “The Great”.
Released album “Les Chansons éternelles”.
Released album “Ses plus grands succès”.
Released album “Greatest Hits Collection”.
Released album “Ses plus grands classiques”.
Released album “Ses plus belles chansons”.
Released album “Érase una voz…”.
Released album “L’Immortelle”.
Released album “The Great Edith Piaf”.
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
Released album “Escale”.
Released album “30e Anniversaire”.
Released album “Padam… padam”.
Released album “Milord”.
Released album “L’Homme à la moto”.
Released album “Édith Piaf : Succès et raretés 1936–1942”.
Released album “Non, je ne regrette rien”.
Released album “Mon légionnaire”.
Released album “Il était une voix”.
Released album “Die großen Erfolge – Die großen Chansons”.
Released album “Disque d'or”.
Released album “The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Édith Piaf”.
Released album “Édith Piaf”.
Released album “Lovers of Paris (Les Amants de Paris)”.
Released album “Non je ne regrette rien”.
Released album “The Very Best”.
Released album “Greatest”.
Released album “C’est pour ça - 18 Greatest Hits”.
Released album “Préférences”.
Released album “Canciones inolvidables”.
Released album “The Early Years/1938-1945, Volume 3”.
Released album “Edith Piaf”.
Released album “The Story”.
Released album “The Legendary Édith Piaf”.
Released album “Édith Piaf, Volume 2 : 1937-1938”.
Released album “Édith Piaf, Volume 3 : 1939-1942”.
Released album “L’Intégrale 1936–1945”.
Released album “Édith Piaf, Volume 1 : 1936”.
Released album “25e anniversaire, Volume 1”.
Released album “La Vie en rose”.
Released album “Piaf – 25e Anniversaire”.
Released album “30e anniversaire: L’Intégrale 1946–1963”.
Released album “The Wonderful World of Édith Piaf: 23 Grands Succès”.
Released album “25e anniversaire, Volume 2”.
Released album “The Very Best of Édith Piaf: Immortal "Little Sparrow" of France”.
Released album “Heart and Soul”.
Released album “Compact d’or”.
Released album “20 Golden Greats”.
Released album “Les Années Frou-Frou”.
Released album “The Best of Édith Piaf: Immortal “Little Sparrow” of France”.
A play titled Piaf (by English playwright Pam Gems) began a run of 165 performances in London and New York
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Earned silver record (1977).
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Released album “Hommage à Édith Piaf”.
Her longtime friend Simone "Mômone" Berteaut published a biography titled Piaf
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Released album “To byla Edith Piafová”.
The Association of the Friends of Édith Piaf was formed, followed by the inauguration of the Place Édith Piaf in Belleville in 1978
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Died 1963-10-10.
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“No, niente di niente | Non rinnego niente | Né il bene che mi hanno fatto, né il male | Per me pari sono.”
“Todo lo que he hecho durante mi vida ha sido desobedecer.”
“Quiero hacer que la gente llore, incluso cuando no entiendan mis palabras.”
“Propos de Marlène Dietrich”
“No quiero morir siendo una anciana.”
“No me molestaría en lo más mínimo volver a la Tierra después de mi muerte.”
“No me importa lo que diga la gente y mucho menos me importan sus leyes.”
“Era un'anima fragile e ferita: mi sento male se penso alla sua vita, con quel carico di privazioni e infelicità. Però ciò rese unico il suo cantare e uniche le sue canzoni: anche se era un "uccellino" dalle ali rotte e gli occhi gonfi di lacrime e disagio. (Ute Lemper)”
“Me gustaría oír a alguna persona al menos una, que sea capaz de admitir haber sido un cobarde.”
“La gente dice que yo podría cantar la guía telefónica y hacer que suene bien.”
“Estoy segura de que podría leer a Baudelaire en un cabaret y aplaudirían.”
“En lo que a mí respecta, el amor significa lucha, grandes mentiras y un par de bofetadas en la cara.”
“Ben her gece en az 500 defa sevgiden ölüyorum.”
“Non, rien de rien | Non, je ne regrette rien | Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait, ni le mal | Tout ça m'est bien égal.”
“Cuando tus ojos me miran, mi corazón se alborota.”
“Mutluluğun hakkını göz yaşlarıyla vermek gerekir.”
“Cantar es una forma de escapar. Es otro mundo.”
Career landmark: funeral.
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Wed Théo Sarapo (Theophanis Lamboukas), a singer, actor, and former hairdresser who was born in France of Greek descent
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Released album “Les Amants de Teruel”.
Released album “De L’Accordéoniste à Milord”.
Released album “Piaf!”.
Released album “La Vie en rose / Édith Piaf Sings in English”.
Released album “Édith Piaf chante Raymond Asso”.
Released album “C’est à Hambourg”.
Released album “Piaf Tonight”.
Released album “Mes grands succès”.
Released album “Édith Piaf rencontre Charles Trenet”.
Piaf married her first husband, singer Jacques Pills (real name René Ducos), with Marlene Dietrich performing the matron of honour duties
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Released album “Encores parisiennes”.
Piaf was injured in a car accident that occurred in 1951.
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Released album “Hits From "La P'tite Lili"”.
Released album “Encores”.
Released album “Chansons des cafés de Paris”.
Released album “Chansons parisiennes: Volume II”.
Released album “Chansons parisiennes”.
Piaf met French boxing champion Marcel Cerdan and fell in love
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Released album “La Rue Pigalle / Édith Piaf Sings (in French)”.
Wrote the lyrics to the song "What Can I Do
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Piaf performed in the Moulin Rouge cabaret venue in Paris, where she worked with singer/actor Yves Montand and began an affair with him
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Was able to afford a luxury flat in a house in the upmarket 16th arrondissement of Paris area
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Piaf co-starred in Jean Cocteau's one-act play Le Bel Indifférent
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Piaf (then still known by her birth name of Édith Gassion) was discovered by nightclub owner Louis Leplée
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In Paris by night club owner Louis Leplée
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And lived with him for a time; she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, Marcelle "Cécelle" Dupont, on 11 February 1933, when Piaf was seventeen
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Born 1915-12-19.
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