“Of course,” Merckel wrote in his email, “I know the context of this song and the interpretation given by Edith Piaf in New York on the very evening of Marcel Cerdan’s death to pay tribute ...

Part documentary, part stage performance, this entertaining look at French chanteuse Edith Piaf tells ... between the mostly French songs. Archival photos of Piaf illustrate her life.

Songwriter and singer Charles Dumont, who composed the song "Non, je ne regrette rien" ("No, I do not regret anything") made world famous by Edith Piaf, has died aged 95, his partner told AFP Monday.

But for many people she remains the undisputed queen of a Polish song, somehow capturing the essence of our poetry, sensitivity and attitude, just like Edith Piaf did for the French. The last decades ...