January 5th, 2009 | 
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I am to discover that Edith Piaf’s music is known as chanson francaise or popular French music that emerged at the end of the 19th century and in her case, in the late 30s, 40s, and 50s. It’s the kind of music where the lyrics are more important that the melody, with a sentimental hymn that could reflect a social commentary or a personal experience. Did you know that the classic 1952 song, If you love me (really love me) is based on a French song, Hymne a l’amour which had been popularized by Edith Piaf?
I’m glad that I took Patrick’s advice, as well as the advice of the assistant at the Laffayette store. Edith Piaf’s protégée, actor/singer Yves Montand is very popular in France, he says, and his male version of the song, Autumn Leaves is tres bien. Montand first sang the French song Les Feuilles Mortes in a 1946 French movie and the song became the basis of the 1949 English version Autumn Leaves and the theme song of the 1956 American movie, Autumn Leaves starring Joan Crawford.
Did you also know that the popular song, Beyond the Sea is based on the 1946 French song, La Mer by pre-World War II singer Charles Trenet? Trenet also composed the classic 1942 French song Que reste-t-il de nos amours? or more popularly known in its English version, I Wish you love. Even the famous 1969 song, My Way, lyrics by Paul Anka and sung by Frank Sinatra had its origins in the 1967 French song Comme d’habitude by Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux.
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