Along the way, she lost her only child at age three, fell victim to substance abuse problems, survived three car accidents, and took a seemingly endless parade of lovers, one of whom perished in a plane crash on his way to visit her. Her life was the stuff of legend, starting with her dramatic rise from uneducated Paris street urchin to star of international renown. She preferred melancholy, mournful material, singing about heartache, tragedy, poverty, and the harsh reality of life on the streets much of it was based to some degree on her real-life experiences, written specifically for her by an ever-shifting cast of songwriters. (Given her extraordinarily petite size, audiences marveled all the more at the force of her vocals.) Her style epitomized that of the classic French chanson: highly emotional, even melodramatic, with a wide, rapid vibrato that wrung every last drop of sentiment from a lyric.
Her greatest strength wasn“t so much her technique, or the purity of her voice, but the raw, passionate power of her singing. Still revered as an icon decades after her death, "the Sparrow" served as a touchstone for virtually every chansonnier, male or female, who followed her. ?Edith Piaf is almost universally regarded as France“s greatest popular singer. “211 tracks, with all her most popular songs ( La Vie en Rose Milord Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, etc.), all CDs have picture sleeves and when the images on the spines are arranged together they form a picture of Edith + 84-page booklet in english and french, housed in maroon & gold picture box.”
Genre: French Chanson, Cabaret, Vocal Pop | Label: EMI France | # 4790 642 | Time: 11:36:26 Edith Piaf – 30e Anniversaire: L’integrale 1946-1963 (1993) 10CD Box Set
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