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7 unusual facts about Édith Piaf


Akihiro Miwa

He started working in various nightclubs singing his favourites from the French chansons such as those of Édith Piaf, Yvette Guilbert and Marie Dubas.

Catherine Capozzi

She was a founder of the band Ziaf, a tribute to French singer and cultural icon Édith Piaf.

Eddy Marnay

In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf and Céline Dion.

Ille-sur-Têt

Louis Amade (1915–1992) born in Ille-sur-Têt, writer, songwriter for Gilbert Bécaud, Édith Piaf

Jeanette Schmid

Following her Iran performance, Schmid toured the world as a cross-dressing whistler, performing on stage with acts like Frank Sinatra, Édith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich while living in Cairo.

Sigrid Moldestad

Sigrid Moldestad was also soloist in performances with the Breimskoret (the Breim choir) and has taken the role of Édith Piaf on stage.

Specsavers

Specsavers' use of Édith Piaf in advertisements has caused some adverse comment in the press in spite of the fact that full permission had been granted by the estate of the performer.


Altia Michel

Although there were many famous entertainers in the movie such as Edith Piaf, Agustin Lara, Alejandro Algara, Libertad Lamarque, Toña la Negra, comedians Manuel Valdes his brother German Valdes, and nine-year old Angelica Maria, but Altia Michel stole the show when she played the part of an announcer of a commercial that sold egg-based hair shampoo.

Caroline Nin

Caroline Nin is a French jazz singer and chanteuse, notable for her interpretations of the songs of Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf.

Ernst Bader

Actors who have performed songs written or produced by Ernst Bader include Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf, Dalida, Nana Mouskouri, and Freddy Quinn.

Hélie de Saint Marc

During that time; legionnaires from the French Foreign Legion acquired their parade song "Non, je ne regrette rien", a 1960 Edith Piaf song that NCOs, Corporals and Legionnaires song while leaving their barracks for re-deployment following the Algiers putsch of 1961.

La voix du bon Dieu

Dion collaborated on this project and all her next early French recordings with Eddy Marnay who wrote songs for Barbra Streisand, Édith Piaf, Nana Mouskouri and Claude François among others.

Murzik

Murzik claims its influences from more traditional artists such as Vladimir Vysotsky, Leonard Cohen, and Édith Piaf which can be seen in Murziks romanticized soundscapes and dark poetic lyrics.

Nabyla Maan

In 2009, she released her second album "Ya Tayr El Ali", which also features songs in Moroccan Arabic, Classic Arabic and French, including her version of Edith Piaf's "Padam Padam".

Poncke Princen

With his playful smile he responded, "No, you have it wrong; it is that I am always on the side of the people." I recall finally what he called his "anthem", Edith Piaf's haunting Non, je ne regrette rien.

Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record

Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record is a live album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright featuring Thomas Bartlett, Doug Wieselman, and Brad Albetta, and is a tribute to legendary French singer Édith Piaf.

Sonia Theodoridou

More specifically she enjoys singing Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Édith Piaf as much as the opera, however the opera is the genre she enjoys the most (www.ekathimerini.com, Sandra Voulgari, Feb. 2008).

Sydney Wayser

The Louvre Palace and the Orangerie being only a few blocks from her apartment, she quickly gleaned much of French culture from her songwriter father, leading her to musical influences that include Edith Piaf, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Jacques Brel, among many others.


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