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unusual facts about Piaf


Piaf

:* 3772 Piaf (1982 UR7), a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1982 by L. G. Karachkina


Charles Dumont

Piaf's death in 1963 led him to work with Jacques Brel, writing Je m'en remets à toi in 1964, and to writing songs for television shows such as Michel Vaillant in 1967, and cinema, Trafic by Jacques Tati in 1971.

Marcel Cerdan

They were very devoted to each other and Piaf wrote one of her most famous songs, Hymne à l'amour, for Cerdan.

Mon légionnaire

French jazz singer Raquel Bitton performed the song as part of her Piaf tribute show "Piaf: Her Story, Her Songs".

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.

Stephen Barry

In that role he created many very successful presentations including a season of Death of a Salesman with Warren Mitchell, and sellout performances of Pam Gems's musical Piaf with Judy Davis.

Theophanis Lamboukas

Sarapo was the last in a long line of Piaf discoveries (Yves Montand, Les Compagnons de la chanson, Georges Moustaki, etc.).


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