The Best of Édith Piaf

~ Release by Édith Piaf (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1: 1946-1951
CD 2: 1951-1959
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1Padam… padam
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1951-10-15)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1951-10-15)
recording of:
Padam… padam (on 1951-10-15)
lyricist:
Henri Contet
composer:
Norbert Glanzberg
3:19
2Plus bleu que tes yeux
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1951-10-15)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1951-10-15)
recording of:
Plus bleu que tes yeux (on 1951-10-15)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Aznavour
3:12
3Au bal de la chance
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
Au bal de la chance (on 1952-08-26)
lyricist:
Jacques Larue (french lyricist)
composer:
Norbert Glanzberg
2:55
4Notre-Dame de Paris
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
Notre-Dame de Paris (on 1952-09-03)
lyricist:
Eddy Marnay
composer:
Marc Heyral (aka Marius Herschkovitch)
3:05
5Bravo pour le clown
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1953-07-18)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1953-07-18)
recording of:
Bravo pour le clown ! (on 1953-07-18)
lyricist:
Henri Contet
composer:
Louiguy (french composer Louis Guglielmi)
3:06
6Johnny, tu n’es pas un ange
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1953-12-24)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1953-12-24)
cover recording of:
Johnny, tu n’es pas un ange (on 1953-12-24)
lyricist:
Liviu Deleanu, Paddy Roberts (singer/songwriter) and Marcel Stellman
writer:
Martin Kaspar Läuchli and Angela Neimann
composer:
Les Paul and Richard Stein
translator:
Francis Lemarque
translated version of:
Johnny (Is the Boy for Me)
2:12
7Heureuse
vocals:
Édith Piaf
live recording of:
Heureuse
lyricist:
René Rouzaud
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
3:19
8L’Effet que tu me fais
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
L’Effet qu’tu m’fais (on 1953-12-14)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Marc Heyral (aka Marius Herschkovitch)
3:15
9La Goualante du pauvre Jean
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1953-12-24)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1953-12-24)
recording of:
La Goualante du pauvre Jean (on 1953-12-24)
lyricist:
René Rouzaud
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
2:03
10Enfin le printemps (Vises mon Jules)
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1954-10-29)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1954-10-29)
recording of:
Enfin le printemps (on 1954-10-29)
lyricist:
René Rouzaud
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
2:22
11Sous le ciel de Paris
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
cover recording of:
Sous le ciel de Paris (original French version) (on 1954-10-20)
lyricist:
Jean Dréjac
composer:
Hubert Giraud
music quoted on:
Live Circus
3:24
12L’Accordéoniste
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1956-05-25)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1956-05-25)
recording of:
L’Accordéoniste (on 1956-05-25)
lyricist and composer:
Michel Emer
3:38
13C’est à Hambourg
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1955-01-28)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1955-01-28)
recording of:
C’est à Hambourg (on 1955-01-28)
lyricist:
Edith Delécluse and Michelle Fricault (lyricist)
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
3:01
14Miséricorde
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
Miséricorde (on 1955-01-28)
lyricist:
Jacques Larue (french lyricist)
composer:
Philippe-Gérard (French composer & lyricist)
3:30
15L’Homme à la moto
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
L’Homme à la moto (on 1956-02-28)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
translator:
Jean Dréjac
translated version of:
Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots
2:07
16Avant nous
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
Avant nous (on 1956-02-08)
lyricist:
René Rouzaud
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
3:00
17Les Amants d’un jour
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1956-02-08)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1956-02-08)
recording of:
Les Amants d’un jour (on 1956-02-08)
lyricist:
Edith Delécluse and Michelle Fricault (lyricist)
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
3:14
18La Foule
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1957-02-28)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1957-02-28)
recording of:
La Foule (on 1957-02-28)
lyricist:
Michel Rivgauche
composer:
Ángel Cabral (in 1936)
publisher:
Éditions Métropolitaines
version of:
Que nadie sepa mi sufrir
52:57
19Comme moi
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
Comme moi (on 1957-12-07)
lyricist:
Claude Delécluse and Michelle Senlis
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
3:00
20Je sais comment
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
Je sais comment (chanson by Édith Piaf) (on 1959-08-05)
lyricist:
Julien Bouquet
composer:
Julien Bouquet and Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
3:22
21Mon manège à moi (Tu me fais tourner la tête)
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1958-03-27)
conductor:
Noël Glanzberg (on 1958-03-27)
recorded at:
L’Olympia in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1958-03-27)
recording of:
Mon manège à moi (Tu me fais tourner la tête) (on 1958-03-27)
lyricist:
Jean Constantin
composer:
Norbert Glanzberg
3:02
22Un étranger
vocals:
Édith Piaf
recording of:
Un étranger
lyricist:
Georges Evan and Georges Moustaki
composer:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) and Georges Moustaki
3:16
23Milord
vocals:
Édith Piaf (on 1959-06-05)
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor) (on 1959-06-05)
recording of:
Milord (on 1959-06-05)
lyricist:
Georges Moustaki
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
44:32
24T’es beau, tu sais
vocals:
Édith Piaf
conductor:
Robert Chauvigny (French composer, orchestra leader and conductor)
recording of:
T'es beau, tu sais (on 1959-08-05)
lyricist:
Henri Contet
composer:
Georges Moustaki
4:05
CD 3: 1960-63 & English Versions

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ASIN:UK: B000IHYWIG [info]