La chanson du jour - French songs 101

Chronology of selected songs by Edith Piaf (1915 - 1963)

This is my selection of the best songs by Edith Piaf.  Wiki Eng

1961    Les amants (with Charles Dumont) 1961

1960   Non, rien de rien, je ne regrette rien (1960)

1959   Milord (1959)

1958   Mon manège à moi (1958)

1957   La foule (1957)

1955   L'accordéoniste (1955)

1954   Sous le ciel de Paris (1954)

1951  Padam, padam (1951)

1950  Hymne à l'amour (1950)

1946  La vie en rose (1946)

1946  J'm'en fous pas mal (1946)

1936  Mon légionnaire (1936)

Edith Piaf: Hymne à l'amour (1950)

Hymne à l'amour, another great song. We learn via Wikipedia that Piaf wrote the lyrics for marcel Cerdan just before his death in october 1949.

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Edith Piaf: Mon manège à moi (1958)

Tu me fais tourner la tête, mon manège à moi c'est toi (live) where she looks already sick. Here the record.

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Edith Piaf: La foule (1957)

Here live in 1962 and the record. Wikipedia tells us it was originally a Peruvian valtz from 1936. The French lyrics have nothing to do with the original version.

Edith Piaf: La vie en rose (1946)

 La vie en rose was created in 1946. Wikipedia calls it her signature song.

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