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- catalog abstract ""The intimate, often harrowing life-story of one of the world's greatest singers. Jean Cocteau said of Edith Piaf that she was a nightingale, and that her singing reminded him more of the wind, the sun and the stars than the voice of a woman. Here was one of the top international singers of her day, popular around the world for such hits as 'Non, je ne regrette rien'. How was it possible for Piaf, 'the Kid Sparrow' from an obscure Parisian background, to rise to such heights?" "Margaret Crosland's definitive biography sheds new light on the phenomenon that was Piaf, enlarging on and in some cases correcting the half-truths provided by Piaf in her two autobiographies, The Wheel of Fortune and My Life. Piaf's rise to international stardom, her lifelong addiction to alcohol and drugs including morphine, and her many turbulent love affairs are documented, as are her friendships with such stars as Cocteau, Marlene Dietrich, Maurice Chevalier, Yves Montand and Charlie Chaplin. Crosland concludes with a moving description of her early death at the age of forty-seven, when some two million fans followed the funeral procession to Pere Lachaise cemetery."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Cry from the heart : a biography of Edith Piaf.".
- catalog contributor b12545439.
- catalog contributor b12545440.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""The intimate, often harrowing life-story of one of the world's greatest singers. Jean Cocteau said of Edith Piaf that she was a nightingale, and that her singing reminded him more of the wind, the sun and the stars than the voice of a woman. Here was one of the top international singers of her day, popular around the world for such hits as 'Non, je ne regrette rien'. How was it possible for Piaf, 'the Kid Sparrow' from an obscure Parisian background, to rise to such heights?" "Margaret Crosland's definitive biography sheds new light on the phenomenon that was Piaf, enlarging on and in some cases correcting the half-truths provided by Piaf in her two autobiographies, The Wheel of Fortune and My Life. Piaf's rise to international stardom, her lifelong addiction to alcohol and drugs including morphine, and her many turbulent love affairs are documented, as are her friendships with such stars as Cocteau, Marlene Dietrich, Maurice Chevalier, Yves Montand and Charlie Chaplin. Crosland concludes with a moving description of her early death at the age of forty-seven, when some two million fans followed the funeral procession to Pere Lachaise cemetery."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index.".
- catalog description "Prelude -- Tempo de Java -- Backgrounds and beginnings -- Death of a child -- Love and war, but not all fair -- Making the best of things -- New life, new love -- Tempo di Valse Moderato -- The show must go on -- Marriage and more -- More new worlds -- Tempo di Slow -- No regrets -- 'You are the last, you are the first' -- Recorded repertoire of Edith Piaf and her contemporaries / Ralph Harvey -- Checklist of songs / Ralph Harvey -- Bal musette to chanson realiste by Ralph Harvey -- The chanteuses realistes by Ralph Harvey.".
- catalog extent "272 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Cry from the heart.".
- catalog identifier "1900850508".
- catalog isFormatOf "Cry from the heart.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Arcadia,".
- catalog relation "Cry from the heart.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "ML420.P52 C76 2002".
- catalog subject "Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963.".
- catalog subject "Singers France Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women singers France Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prelude -- Tempo de Java -- Backgrounds and beginnings -- Death of a child -- Love and war, but not all fair -- Making the best of things -- New life, new love -- Tempo di Valse Moderato -- The show must go on -- Marriage and more -- More new worlds -- Tempo di Slow -- No regrets -- 'You are the last, you are the first' -- Recorded repertoire of Edith Piaf and her contemporaries / Ralph Harvey -- Checklist of songs / Ralph Harvey -- Bal musette to chanson realiste by Ralph Harvey -- The chanteuses realistes by Ralph Harvey.".
- catalog title "A cry from the heart : the life of Edith Piaf / Margaret Crosland ; contributions by Ralph Harvey.".
- catalog title "Cry from the heart : a biography of Edith Piaf.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".