L'Accordéoniste
Song by Édith Piaf
"L'Accordéoniste" | |
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Single by Édith Piaf | |
Language | French |
Released | 1940 |
Songwriter(s) | Michel Emer (music and lyrics)[1] |
Music video | |
"L'Accordéoniste" (French TV, 1954) on YouTube | |
"L'Accordéoniste" is a song made famous by Édith Piaf. It was written in 1940 by Michel Emer, who then offered it to her.
Commercial performance
"L'Accordéoniste" became the first million-seller in Piaf's career.[2]
Composition
The song tells a story of a prostitute who loves an accordion player (and the music he plays, namely a dance called java). Then he has to leave for the war. She finds refuge in music, dreaming about how they will live together when he comes back.[3][4][5]
Track listings
10" shellac single Polydor 524 669 (France, 1940)
- "Escales"
- "L'Accordéoniste"[6]
References
- ^ Humberto Quiroga Lavie. Secretos y Misterios de Hombres y Mujeres de la Ciencia, el Arte y el Deporte. Humberto Quiroga Lavié. pp. 267–. GGKEY:5KU0RFH8HH9.
- ^ David Bret (2000). Marlene Dietrich, My Friend: An Intimate Biography. Robson. ISBN 978-1-86105-319-0.
- ^ Megan Romer (2017-05-04). "Edith Piaf's 10 Best Songs". Thought Co. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
- ^ Lars Nyre (2 June 2009). Sound Media: From Live Journalism to Music Recording. Routledge. pp. 154–. ISBN 978-1-135-25377-6.
- ^ Hugh Dauncey (5 July 2017). Popular Music in France from Chanson to Techno: "Culture, Identity and Society ". Taylor & Francis. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-1-351-55369-8.
- ^ "spanishcharts.com - Edith Piaf - Escales". Retrieved 2017-11-07.
- Anne Sebba (14 July 2016). Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s. Orion. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-297-87099-9.
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Édith Piaf
- "Les Mômes de la cloche"
- "Mon légionnaire"
- "L'Accordéoniste"
- "La Vie en rose"
- "Mais qu’est-ce que j’ai?" ("What Can I Do?")
- "Hymne à l'amour"
- "Padam, padam..."
- "Don't Cry"
- "Sous le ciel de Paris"
- "L'Homme à la moto"
- "La Foule"
- "Milord"
- "Mon Dieu"
- "Non, je ne regrette rien"
- Chansons Parisiennes (1949)
- Chansons des Cafés de Paris (1950)
- Edith Piaf (1953)
- Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 1 (1955)
- Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 2 (1956)
- Le Tour de Chant d'Édith Piaf a l'Olympia - No. 3 (1958)
- Récital 1961
- Récital 1962
- Piaf (1974 film)
- Piaf (1978 play)
- Édith et Marcel (1983 film)
- La Vie en Rose (2007 film)
- Jacques Pills (first husband)
- Théo Sarapo (second husband)
- Line Marsa (mother)
- Louis Alphonse Gassion (father)
- Emma Saïd Ben Mohamed (grandmother)
- Musée Édith Piaf