She was much-loved for her mastery of both the cabaret and chanson genres. But who was \u00c9dith Piaf and what were her best-loved songs? <\/p>
Much-loved French singer \u00c9dith Piaf acquired worldwide fame in the 1940s and 1950s with her beautiful, moving and heartfelt French chanson<\/em> classics including \u2018La Vie en rose\u2019 and \u2018Non, je ne regrette rien\u2019. What else do we know about this French musical icon? And what are the best-known \u00c9dith Piaf songs?<\/p>\n One of the best-loved French musicians of the 20th century, \u00c9dith Piaf brought joy to a France exhausted by World War II with her passionate and eloquent songs. Mixing cabaret and chanson<\/em> styles, Piaf\u2019s songs were little vignettes of life and love in contemporary Paris, and her rich, emotional voice was the perfect accompaniment to these perfect little tales.<\/p>\n Piaf was born on 19 December 1915, in Paris. Her father Louis Alphonse Gassion<\/a><\/strong> (1881\u20131944) was an acrobatic street performer from\u00a0Normandy; her mother, Annetta Giovanna Maillard (1895\u20131945) was a singer and circus performer born in Italy who performed under the stage name\u00a0Line Marsa<\/strong><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n Piaf was nicknamed La M\u00f4me Piaf<\/em> (meaning \u2018the little sparrow\u2019) by her first manager, Louis Leplee, owing to her small stature.<\/p>\nWho was \u00c9dith Piaf?<\/h2>\n
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