Edith Piaf: Her Greatest Chansons

The legendary Edith Piaf, ''little sparrow'', is truly immortal. The French treat her as someone sacred to the nation and love her dearly. As her friend Jean Cocteau said of this unique artist who sang with an unreserved intensity about life and love, particularly unhappy love to which she herself was no stranger, ''there was never an Edith Piaf before her and there will surely never again be one after her''. When Piaf died on October 10th 1963 at the age of only 47, the entire nation was in mourning and 40,000 people turned out in a funeral procession to the Paris cemetery Père- Lachaise. In this compilation of 16 original albums with recordings from 1946 to 1962 are songs that count among her greatest successes. For instance: Chansons parisiennes, Edith Piaf à Olympia (1955), ''Piaf at the Paris Olympia (1961)'', La vie en rose, Mes grands succès, ''Edith Piaf sings in English'' and ''Sincerely E.P.!'' Edith Piaf s singing is a unique tribute to love, art and life!