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	Édith Piaf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Piaf had one child, a daughter, Marcelle, who died at the age of two in 1935; the child's father was.
		The Paris Olympia is the place where Édith Piaf achieved fame and where, just a few months before her death, she gave one of her most memorable concerts while barely able to stand.
		Piaf died of cancer in Cannes on October 11, 1963 at the age of only 47, the same day as her friend Jean Cocteau.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Edith_Piaf (829 words)

	Édith Piaf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1935, Piaf was discovered by the nightclub owner Louis Leplée, whose club was frequented by the upper and lower classes alike.
		The Paris Olympia is the place where Piaf achieved fame and where, just a few months before her death, she gave one of her most memorable concerts while barely able to stand.
		At the early age of forty-seven, Piaf died of cancer in Cannes on October 11, 1963, the same day as her friend Jean Cocteau.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edith_Piaf (811 words)

	Biography - Edith PIAF
		Edith was performing her act one cold and windy afternoon on a street corner in Pigalle when Louis Leplée, the director of a cabaret on the Champs Elysées happened to walk by.
		Piaf's first concerts at the Playhouse cabaret in New York failed to attract large audiences and the singer was on the verge of giving up and returning to Europe when she came across a rapturous review of her concert in a major New York paper.
		Piaf returned to Paris on 14 May. Ten days later she was back at the Olympia for a new series of concerts, premiering two new hits, "L'Homme à la moto" (a cover of a famous American song) and "Les Amants d'un jour" (which would go on to become another Piaf classic).
	www.rfimusique.com /siteEn/biographie/biographie_6057.asp (3881 words)

	Edith Piaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Edith Piaf (December 19, 1915 - October 11, 1963) was a French singer.
		Today, Edith Piaf's association with the French Resistance is well known and many owe their lives to her as a result.
		The Paris Olympia is the place where Edith Piaf achieved fame and where, just a few months before her death from cancer, she gave one of her most memorable concerts while barely able to stand.
	www.fastload.org /ed/Edith_Piaf.html (519 words)

	Edith Piaf
		She was born Edith Giovanna Gassion outside 72 rue de Belleville in 1915.
		In 1961, though nearly unable to stand, Piaf appeared at the Paris Olympia, and within eighteen months (1963), she was dead of cancer.
		Edith Piaf never lived in this neighborhood as an adult, but she spent time here in her childhood.
	www.literarytraveler.com /piaf/piaf.htm (640 words)

	Edith Piaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Edith's next boyfriend was a pimp who took a commission from her singing tips, in exchange for not forcing her into prostitution; when she broke off the affair, he nearly succeeded in shooting her.
		Piaf was long suspected of collaborating with -- or, at least, being overly friendly to -- the Germans, making numerous acquaintances through her residence and performing at private events.
		Piaf embarked on her first American tour in late 1947, and at first met with little success; audiences expecting a bright, gaudy Parisian spectacle were disappointed with her simple presentation and downcast songs.
	www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R+++469971 (2338 words)

	Gadfly Online.
		Edith admitted that this early exposure to prostitution warped her view of the relationship between men and women.
		Leplee convinced Edith to sing at Gerny's, despite her extreme nervousness, and gave her the nickname that would stay with her for the rest of her life: La Mô me Piaf ("the little sparrow," as she is often called in English, although the literal translation is "the kid sparrow").
		Piaf always insisted that her relationship with him was purely platonic, and this assertion is backed up by the fact that Montand didn't seem to care about her many other boyfriends.
	www.gadflyonline.com /10-15-01/ftr-edith-piaf.html (2029 words)

	VH1.com : Edith Piaf : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Piaf was born Edith Giovanna Gassion on December 19, 1915, in Ménilmontant, one of the poorer districts of Paris.
		Later that year, Piaf made concert appearances at the ABC Theater (where she opened for Charles Trenet) and the Bobino (as the headliner); the shows were wildly successful and made her the new star of the Paris music scene.
		Piaf and Sarapo sang together at the Bobino in early 1963, and Piaf also made her final recording, "L'Homme de Berlin." Not long afterward, Piaf slipped into a coma, brought on by cancer.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/piaf_edith/bio.jhtml (2378 words)

	French Culture \| Music \| Edith Piaf CD Contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Edith Piaf sang her way from the streets of Paris to the vaudeville stage in the 1930s.
		The legendary Piaf grew up in a Paris both grim and "romantic" (in the sense of the historic Paname still sought by foreign visitors) and her art on records is to some degree a mythical reflection of its seedy backstreets.
		Annetta soon took to the streets as a singer, leaving Edith in the hands of Mena, her mother, a dilatory and unfit foster-parent who neglected the child until Louis came to the rescue and consigned her to the care of his own mother, a housekeeper in a Normandy brothel.
	www.info-france-usa.org /culture/music/events/02piafnaxoscontest1.html (1022 words)

	Piaf, Edith on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She began to sing at 15 in cafés and in the streets of Paris and was soon engaged to sing in a cabaret.
		Edith Piaf le 30 décembre 1960 sur la scène de l'Olympia Il y a 40 ans, la "Môme" Piaf mourrait à 47 ans.
		Edith Piaf acclamée par le public de l'Olympia le 30 décembre 1960 Il y a 40 ans, la "Môme" Piaf mourrait à 47 ans.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Piaf-E1di.asp (812 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She had one child, a daughter, Marcelle, who died at the age of two in 1935; the child's father was Louis Dupont, a lover of Piaf's.
		The Paris Olympia is the place where Édith Piaf achieved fame and where, just a few months before her death from cancer, she gave one of her most memorable concerts while barely able to stand.
		Piaf died of cancer on the same day as her friend, Jean Cocteau, and was buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/e/ed/edith_piaf_1.html (550 words)

	Édith Piaf @ Soundbug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Piaf had one child, a daughter, Marcelle, who died at the age of two in 1935; the child's father was Louis Dupont.
		Piaf died of cancer in Cannes on October 11, 1963, the same day as her friend Jean Cocteau.
		Even though today she is still remembered and revered as one of the greatest singers France has ever produced, her life was one of sharp contrasts; the range of her fame as opposed to her tragic personal life, and her fragile small figure on stage with the resounding power of her voice.
	www.soundbug.com /artist/1274 (723 words)

	The Sparrow Edith Piaf
		Through the American misrepresentation of Piaf was to some extent corrected in the early years of the LP by the release on the Angel and Capitol labels of collections of her songs, you still could not get Un Monsieur me suit dans la rue.
		Piaf was arrested as a material witness, which, in view of the company she kept, is hardly surprising.
		Again, Piaf made use of her life's experience: The song Browning that she sang several years later describes a little hole in a man's head and the other little hole, in a gun barrel, out of which comes Madame Death.
	www.uwm.edu /People/wash/piaf.htm (2689 words)

	AllRefer.com - Edith Piaf (Music: Popular And Jazz, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Edith Piaf[pEAf´] Pronunciation Key, 1915–63, French cabaret singer, born as Edith Giovanna Gassion.
		She began to sing at 15 in cafEs and in the streets of Paris and was soon engaged to sing in a cabaret.
		Piaf appeared in several movies, starring in Le Bel IndiffErent (1940), originally a play written for her by Jean Cocteau.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Piaf-Edi.html (224 words)

	Edith Piaf: French Songbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Edith Piaf is the first lady of French chanson.
		Born into poverty on December 19, 1915, Edith Giovanna Gassion was abandoned by her mother shortly after her birth and lived with her grandmother -- a madame who ran a brothel in Normandy.
		Leplee helped mold her stage persona, changing her last name to Piaf (which means "sparrow" in Parisian slang) and having her wear a simple fl dress during her performances.
	www.insideworldmusic.com /library/weekly/aa102700a.htm (434 words)

	Piaf, Edith -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		byname of Edith Giovanna Gassion French singer and actress whose interpretation of the chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous.
		The French singer and actress Edith Piaf became internationally famous for her interpretation of the chanson, or French ballad.
		In 1957, at the age of 90, she was made an honorary citizen of Athens, Greece, in recognition of her devotion to the ancient ideals of that city.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9059884 (548 words)

	Glossary: Piaf, Edith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Edith Piaf (1915-1962) was born Edith Giovanna Gassion in the Belleville section of Paris Her early years were spent in abject poverty.
		Abandoned by her mother, a failed singer, when she was only a few months old, Piaf spent her early childhood in the care first of her aunt, and then of her paternal grandmother, a cook and housekeeper in a brothel in Bernay.
		It was impressario Louis Leplee who changed her name to "Piaf" (Parisian slang for "sparrow") and suggested for her performances the simple fl dress that was to become her hallmark.
	www.harbour.sfu.ca /~hayward/van/glossary/piaf.html (209 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Voice Very Best Of (Frn) [Best of] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Edith Piaf (1915-1963) was an unexpected artist, the child of a part-time prostitute and a circus acrobat, raised in a brothel, singing on street corners for pennies in Paris--until 1935, when her success at the famous Paris nightspot Gernys launched her to what would become international stardom.
		Her voice has the delicacy and strength of a steel wire, alternating sharp and flat tones in a uniquely French style, setting forth a meticulously rolled "r" in such a way as to give you chills and flying into a series of electrifying vibratos that are unique in all of music.
		In a general sense, Piaf typically sang love songs--and had an uncanny ability to shift from bright to dark tones, allowing the listener to feel a dozen different shades of each emotion that colors any single selection.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002UYD (1297 words)

	Something about Edith Piaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Edith Piaf was born on 19th December 1915 under a gas light on the night streets of Paris.
		Her Father was an acrobat, performing the streets of Paris, her Mother a street singer with no care for her new born child.
		With many problems throughout her career, Edith eventually became the most highly paid star in the world.
	www.little-sparrow.co.uk /edith.htm (181 words)

	EDITH PIAF: Tu es partout : Nostalgia CD Reviews: Musicweb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I concluded that the ASV was the best because one rival concentrated wholly on the sandblasting characteristics of the voice while the other went to the opposite extreme and gave such a sepia-coloured impression that there was very little presence at all.
		And for as long as the myth survives, the voice of Edith Piaf will be singing in the background.
		Well, 18 tracks of Edith Piaf in such excellent transfers are self-recommending but I shall have to point out that in its choice of repertoire the disc is in a way one for connoisseurs.
	www.musicweb-international.com /nostalgia/2002/Sept02/piaf.htm (867 words)

	French Culture \| Music \| Edith Piaf: EMI CD Contest (March 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rising from an impoverished childhood to worldwide fame, Edith Piaf led a passionate life, marked until the very end by her incandescent talent.
		Carnegie Hall is among the best of Piaf's live concert recordings and includes for the first-time-ever the entire 22-song live concert from her famous 1956 show where she received an emotional 7-minute standing ovation.
		When Edith returned to the US a year later for another concert at Carnegie Hall, she realized that the American audience had truly embraced her.
	www.frenchculture.org /music/events/04piafcdemicont.html (375 words)

	Edith_piaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		An Incident In The Life : Marcel Cerdan, the French middleweight boxer and one of Piaf's many lovers, wrote in his autobiography about the first time he saw her perform in a cellar cafe in Paris.
		Pleasantly surprised : Having heard a song by Edith Piaf while watching the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and being captivated by the sound of her voice, I decided to venture into a completely new direction in my listening library.
		It gives a good sampling of various stages in her career, and it was actually responsible for making Piaf one of my favorite singers of all time, although it omits everything she made prior to 1946, when there were many good recordings...
	music.mysic.com /Artist/Edith_Piaf (676 words)

	Notherby's :: The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One on of the tracks it has her signature song from her life story musical "Piaf." I have loved Broadway for years but i guess she was much before my time.
		The voice of Edith Piaf carries with it perhaps more national identity than that of any other recorded artist in the world.
		Tiny, frail, and tragic in her life, Piaf brought French identity to the rest of the world in a way that was understandable to all.
	www.northerbys.com /store/B000002UYD/The_Voice_of_the_Sparrow_The_Very_Best_of_Edith_Piaf.html (547 words)

	Raquel Bitton Online
		I had literally stitched together a tiny revue on her life and songs and presented it in a tiny Cabaret in San Francisco, a place with a coffee can sound, on top of the Hill.
		Django Reinhardt accompanies Piaf in her version of "Cri du Coeur" which summarizes the Piaf Phenomenon, the cry of the heart, with its joys or sorrows.From my heart to yours, I give you the music of Edith Piaf.
		Prior to that, all I knew as accompaniment was a piano, a violin and an accordion.
	raquelbitton.com /CDEdithPiaf1.html (632 words)

	Edith Piaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Piaf, Edith (1915-63), Parisian popular singer, whose sentimental ballads caught the fancy of an enormous international audience.
		The daughter of an impoverished acrobat, Piaf was in her father's troupe until she was 15, when she went to Paris and began working as a street and café singer.
		There she was discovered in 1935 by a cabaret owner who gave her the name La Môme Piaf ("the kid sparrow").
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/piaf.html (147 words)

	EDITH PIAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jaubert was not destined to rule Edith's attention for long.In 1946 they embarked on a none too sucessful tour of Greece where she met an actor named Takis Menelas.
		His adoration was such that he offered to divorce his wife and marry her; his suggestion however, that she gave up her career in order to stay in Greece was too big a sacrifice - she refused.She left Greece; and Menelas, behind after hearing that her next tour had just been accepted.
		It was only her dogged determination - and one optimistic newspaper critic who attempted to "explain" Edith Piaf to the American population - that stopped her from taking the sail-passage booking she had asked her U.S. agent Clifford Fischer to make.
	www.monthlyherald.com /edith_piaf5.htm (629 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: Edith Piaf
		Born into poverty as Edith Giovanna Gassion on December 19, 1915 in Paris, France, Edith Piaf went on to become a popular music hall singer.
		During World War II Piaf worked with the French Resistance by using her popularity to have herself photographed with French prisoners that she had performed for.
		Piaf died of cancer in the south of France on October 11, 1963.
	www.sproe.com /p/edith-piaf.html (258 words)

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