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Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 2 (1956)

Where the lyrics of Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 2 take you, and where it was really made.

The Olympia hall where this album was recorded was renovated and reopened in February 1954 as a music venue, and Piaf later returned there for recital series from 1955 to 1962.

Key places

Recorded live at L'Olympia, Paris (1955)

Recording site Olympia (Paris) — Piaf recorded this album live at L'Olympia in Paris in 1955. The hall had been renovated and reopened as a music venue in February 1954. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 2: live album by Édith Piaf
• Recorded live at L'Olympia in Paris in 1955
• Released on the Columbia label, catalogue number FS 1065
• Piaf was accompanied by the Orchestre Et Choeurs, conducted by Robert Chauvigny
• Eight tracks in total: four on Side A, four on Side B
• Release date given as June 1956

Background

• The Olympia was renovated and reopened by Bruno Coquatrix in February 1954 as a music venue
• Piaf gave several series of recitals at the venue from 1955 to 1962
• Three of Piaf's early Olympia recitals were released by Columbia as part of the series "Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia"
• The series name appears in this album's title, with the number 2 added

Recording

• The concert was taken live from the stage of the Paris hall
• The orchestra and choirs were conducted by Robert Chauvigny

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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Artist

Career

• Born Édith Gassion on 19 December 1915 in Paris; died 10 October 1963 in Grasse, aged 47.
• Nicknamed "La Môme Piaf" early on; stage name later shortened to Édith Piaf.
• Began singing in the streets of Paris as a child with her father, a circus acrobat.
• Discovered by Louis Leplée, who managed the Gerny's cabaret on the Champs-Élysées and gave her the name La Môme Piaf.
• Breakthrough in the late 1930s at the ABC music hall in Paris, becoming a major star of French song.
• Wrote 87 songs, including Hymne à l'amour and La Vie en rose.
• Mentored Yves Montand, Les Compagnons de la chanson, Charles Aznavour and Georges Moustaki.
• Sustained international success, including a Carnegie Hall triumph in 1956 and a television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
• Her final years were marked by serious illness and morphine dependence; she made her last Olympia appearance in 1961.

Sources: fr.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released on the Columbia label, catalogue number FS 1065
• Side A: "Marie la Francaise", "Une Dame", "L'Homme à la moto", "Toi Qui Disais"
• Side B: "Hymne à l'amour", "Les Amants D'Un Jour", "Bravo Pour le Clown", "L'Accordéoniste"
• "Hymne à l'amour" credited to Édith Piaf and Marguerite Monnot
• "Les Amants D'Un Jour" credited to Senlis et Delecluse and Marguerite Monnot
• "Une Dame", "Toi Qui Disais" and "L'Accordéoniste" credited to Michel Emer
• "L'Homme à la moto" credited to Drejac, Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber
• "Marie la Francaise" credited to Jacques Larue and M. Philippe-Gerard
• "Bravo Pour le Clown" credited to Henri Conet and Louiguy

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The Olympia was renovated and reopened by Bruno Coquatrix in February 1954 as a music venue.
• Piaf gave recital series at the Olympia from 1955 to 1962.
• Three of Piaf's early Olympia recitals were released by Columbia as the "Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia" series.
• "L'Homme à la moto" lists American songwriters Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber among its credits.
• Side B opens with "Hymne à l'amour", co-written by Piaf and Marguerite Monnot.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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