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The name "Édith" was inspired by British nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed 2 months before Édith's birth for helping French soldiers escape from German captivity during World War I. [6] Twenty years later, Édith's stage surname Piaf was created by her first promoter, based on a French term for 'sparrow'.
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Louis Leplée (7 April 1883 – April 6, 1936) was a French nightclub owner [1] who discovered the singer-songwriter and actress Édith Piaf, who was singing on a Paris street corner in 1935. [2] Leplée starred Piaf at the popular Parisian nightspot Le Gerny's as "La Môme Piaf" (The Little bonnet).
The French composer behind Edith Piaf’s timeless classic, “Non Je ne Regrette Rien,” died on November 18, at the age of 95. His death followed a long illness. His death followed a long ...
Charles Dumont, who composed Édith Piaf’s biggest hit, “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” has died at age 95. Dumont’s wife told French news agency Agence France-Presse Monday that he had died ...
Dumont died Monday following a long illness
Louis Alphonse Gassion (10 May 1881 – 3 March 1944) was best-known as the father of Édith Piaf, the singer who was known as France's national chanteuse and was internationally famous. He was an entertainer, circus performer and theatre actor.
Sixty-one years after French singer and entertainer Edith Piaf's death, Céline Dion is honoring her legacy and marking her own return to music. Dion sang Edith Piaf's classic "Hymne A L'Amour ...