For two weeks in a row in , she performed at the Moulin Rouge. A year later, she conquered New York and met her true love there. Middleweight boxer Marcel Cerdan was however already married and had three children.
When he died in a plane crash in , Piaf's life fell apart. She compensated with alcohol, drugs and short-lived relationships, one of them with Georges Moustaki, whose career as a chanson singer she decisively influenced. In , she collapsed after a concert and had to be treated at the hospital for a perforation of the stomach.
In , Theophanis Lamboukas approached her, wanting to become a singer. To this day, Piaf is one of the most successful French-speaking singers, even ranking above the French-Canadian Celine Dion. Among her greatest hits are the unforgettable "La vie en rose," "Milord" and "Non, je ne regrette rien.
Long a legend, Charles Aznavour is the best known French chansonnier and arguably Armenia's most famous son. She conquered the audience and made friends with the biggest American stars. She began performing at a cabaret in New York called Versailles. For the Americans, Edith Piaf represented France. She was very much appreciated, so she used to return to the United States to perform in this cabaret regularly.
He was in the city of New York for a combat and gave her a call, because French people liked to meet while abroad. This encounter led to two years of happiness and passionate love.
Unfortunately, Marcel Cerdan died in an airplane crash. His death deeply affected Edith Piaf… A part of her died with him… She survived but became more serious and less joyful on stage.
Planning a trip to Paris? Get ready! We sometimes read this list just to find out what new travel products people are buying. Edith Piaf had a few lovers, she even got married with Jacques Pills. She was very happy to be married. Her life and her songs formed a whole.
She used to write a lot about love. When she had difficult times, she coped with them through her songs. Since Edith was such a passionate woman, each of her lovers brought her joy, sadness, passion, and gave her motives to write songs about.
When singer Edith Piaf died nearly 50 years ago, on October 10, , she was France's biggest international star and the first to conquer America, with her melancholy music becoming an indelible part of the soundtrack for a post-war generation. When Edith Piaf died on October 10, , she was France's biggest international star and the first to conquer America, with her melancholy music becoming an indelible part of the soundtrack for the post-war generation. Piaf's cabaret songs about carrying on living in the face of adversity — such as " Non, Je ne Regrette Rien " I Regret Nothing and " La Vie en Rose " Life Through Rose-Tinted Glasses — reflected the difficulties in her own life, which was marked by tragic loss and struggles with addiction.
Even Piaf's early years were difficult, with her mother, also a singer, abandoning her to be brought up by her grandmother.
And the love of her life — French boxer Marcel Cerdan, who was married to someone else — died in an October plane crash while travelling from Paris to New York to see her. Known in France as the "Little Sparrow", Piaf struggled most of her life with alcoholism and drug addiction and survived three near-fatal car crashes. As a result, her artistic career has undergone a period of recession — Piaf left the big stage. Moreover, a big tragedy happened in her life at the same time — her parents died.
But she continued to perform and help France in the times of war. Afterwards, her fame started to grow again, faster than before. A movie based on the aforementioned play was in all the movie theatres. And Edith Piaf was the leading actress. As a result of this success, Edith Piaf was invited to perform in Germany. She agreed without second thoughts, because she saw this as an opportunity to do something more meaningful for her country and people.
However, no one knew what plan Edith Piaf had, so she received a lot of critics for agreeing to be an entertainer for the German audience.
Upon arrival in Germany, Piaf insisted that she would sing only under one condition. She said she would sing for everyone, both the German soldiers and French Jews who were prisoners in concentration camps. After a short consideration, the German administration agreed to this condition. It is absolutely impossible to image what she was feeling, looking at exhausted faces of her natives, and the happy smiles of the new masters of Europe.
But Piaf did not bat an eye. After each performance at the camps Piaf was taking pictures with everyone. It was another request of the singer. But what Edith did was, on her return to Paris, she passed all the taken photos to her influential friends. For everyone who was in the photos, false documents were created. Piaf then again went on tour to Germany, attended the same camps and secretly delivered document to the prisoners. She managed to do the same procedure a couple of times.
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