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PADAM
PADAM
2004 performed by Cyntia M. /
1951 Originally performed by Edith Piaf
Music by Norbert Glanzberg / Lyrics
by Henri Contet
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Edith
Piaf Edith Piaf was born on 19th December 1915 under a gas light on the night streets of Paris. Her real name was Edith Giovanna Gassion. Her Father was an acrobat, performing the streets of Paris, her Mother a street singer with no care for her new born child. For years she struggled making a living entertaining passers-by, for some time she worked with her Father, until she was spotted by an impresario who offered her a contract. With many problems throughout her career, Edith eventually became the most highly paid star in the world. She made many recordings dating from 1936 until her last recorded song, L'homme de Berlin, which she taped in early 1963. Edith did not die a rich woman. In fact she left many debts to her second husband, Theo Sarapo, a man many years her junior, but she lived her short life to the full, living only to entertain her public in the only way she knew how. I can only appreciate this woman through her recording and biographies of her life, I wish she could have hung on a little longer Thanks for information from http://www.little-sparrow.co.uk/ Édith Piaf (December 19, 1915–October 11, 1963) was one of France's most beloved singers and a national icon. Her music reflected her tragic life, with her speciality being the poignant ballad presented with a heartbreaking voice. The most famous songs performed by Piaf were "La vie en rose" (1946), "Milord" (1959), and "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960). She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Paris to Louis-Alphonse Gassion and Annetta Giovanna Maillard, who was an Italian; her mother worked as a café singer and her father was a well-known travelling acrobat. Abandoned by her mother, she was raised by her grandmoth....... Thanks for information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Piaf  The grave of Édith Piaf, in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris Cyntia M. & Bistro Blue http://cyntiam.com/ Many thanks for the lyric from http://home.earthlink.net/~jsmog/inspire.html |