HACKNEY SENIOR CHOIR - SONGS YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO HEAR!
No. 10 – NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN – EDITH PIAF Click to hear it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzy2wZSg5ZM NAME OF SONG NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN
‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’ is arguably the most famous French song of the 20th Century. It translates as ‘No, I Regret Nothing.’
ARTIST EDITH PIAF
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The song was composed by Charles Dumont with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire.
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It was recorded and made famous by the most famous changeuse of the 20th century, Edith Piaf.
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Edith Piaf’s mother abandoned her at birth and she was brought up by sex workers in a Paris brothel.
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‘Piaf’ is not Edith’s read name. It translates as ‘The Sparrow’ and she was given that name as she was tiny and thin, just like a sparrow.
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She began singing on the streets of Paris and shot to fame when she was discovered by a Paris nightclub owner
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Edith Piaf struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for most of her life and suffered from poor mental health.
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Her voice was and is instantly recognisable and she was famous and sang throughout the world.
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She died aged 47 in 1963.
RELEASE DATE 1960