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Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf à l'Olympia - No. 1 (1955)

Where the lyrics of Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf à l'Olympia - No. 1 take you, and where it was really made.

This live album was recorded in 1955 at the Paris Olympia, a venue that Bruno Coquatrix had renovated and reopened only the year before.

Key places

Recorded live at L'Olympia, Paris, 1955 (1955)

Recording site Olympia (Paris) — Piaf's live album was recorded at L'Olympia in Paris in 1955. The venue had been renovated and reopened by Bruno Coquatrix in February 1954. Piaf went on to give several series of recitals there from 1955 to 1962. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Le Tour de chant d'Édith Piaf à l'Olympia - No. 1: live album by Édith Piaf
• Recorded live at L'Olympia in Paris in 1955
• Piaf is accompanied by the Orchestre et Choeurs conducted by Robert Chauvigny
• Released on the Columbia label, catalogue number FS 1049
• Cover illustration by d'Henri Favre
• Ten tracks across two sides, five per side

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 recitals at the Olympia were released by Columbia as part of the series titled "Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia" (Edith Piaf's Singing Tour at the Olympia)
• This album carries the No. 1 designation within that series

Recording

• The album captures a live performance given in the hall at L'Olympia in Paris
• The recording dates from 1955, the first year of Piaf's Olympia recital series

Cover

• The cover illustration is by d'Henri Favre

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

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 with catalogue number FS 1049
• Release year listed as 1955
• Side A track list: "Heureuse", "Avec ce Soleil", "C'est a Hambourg", "Legende", "Enfin le Printemps"
• Side B track list: "Misericorde", "Je T'ai Dans la Peau", "La Goualante du Pauvre Jean", "Bravo Pour le Clown", "Padam Padam"
• "Heureuse" is credited to R. Rouzaud and M. Monnot
• "Legende" is credited to E. Piaf and G. Becaud
• "Padam Padam" is credited to H. Contet and N. Glanzberg
• The orchestra and choirs were conducted by Robert Chauvigny

Reappraisal

• No critic review or later reappraisal of this album is recorded in the available material
• Information is limited to release details and the track listing

Records

• Recorded live at L'Olympia in Paris, 1955
• Cover illustration by d'Henri Favre
• Part of Columbia's series of early Olympia recitals by Piaf
• Catalogue number FS 1049 on the Columbia label

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The Olympia was renovated and reopened by Bruno Coquatrix in February 1954 as a music venue, one year before this recording.
• Piaf gave several series of recitals at the venue from 1955 to 1962.
• Three of Piaf's early recitals at the Olympia were released by Columbia as part of a single series.
• The cover illustration was by d'Henri Favre.
• The track listing divides ten songs evenly across Side A and Side B.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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