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Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf
Artist Information
Genres: Torch Songs, Vocal Pop, Cabaret, French Pop
Active: 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's
Born: December 15, 1915 in Paris, France
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Biography
Edith Piaf is almost universally regarded as France's greatest popular singer. 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. Her greatest strength wasn't so much her technique, or the purity of her voice, but the raw, passionate power of her singing. (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. 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.
Discography
Release: December 1, 2009
Label: Luxury Multimedia
Release: October 20, 2009
Label: Fuel 2000 Records