Edith Piaf
France
Born: 19 December 1915
Died: 11 October 1963
Genres: Vocal, Pop/Rock, International
Styles: Cabaret, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, French Pop, Foreign Language Rock, Foreign Language Rock, Torch Songs, Vocal Pop
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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 melodramat...
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