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Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (French: [edit pjaf]), was a French entertainer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century.
La Vie en rose" was the song that made Piaf internationally famous, its lyrics expressing the joy of finding true love and appealing to those who had endured the hardships of World War II. [8] "La Vie en rose" was released on a 10-inch single in 1947 by Columbia Records, a division of EMI, with "Un refrain courait dans la rue" making the B-side ...
Myriam Abel; Georges Aber; Abyale; Léon Achard; Salvatore Adamo (often known as Adamo); Adeyto; Fred Adison; Isabelle Adjani; Admiral T; Martin-Joseph Adrien; Agustarello Affre; Sébastien Agius
La Vie en Rose was the highest-grossing French film of 2007. [33] It debuted at number two at the French box office, selling over 1,5 million admissions in its first week. [34] In theaters, the film grossed US$87,484,847 worldwide – $10,301,706 in the United States and Canada and $77,183,141 elsewhere in the world. [6]
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The song's composer, Charles Dumont, states in the book Édith Piaf, Opinions publiques, by Bernard Marchois (TF1 Editions 1995), that Michel Vaucaire's original title was "Non, je ne trouverai rien" (No, I will not find anything) and that the song was meant for the French singer Rosalie Dubois. However, thinking of Piaf, he changed the title ...