L' accordéoniste - Edith Piaf - 1940 - Live from the Ed Sullivan show - with English Subtitles

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Some of the details below are from Wikipedia:
L' ACCORDÉONISTE:
"L'Accordéoniste" is a song made famous by Édith Piaf. It was written in 1940 by Michel Emer, who then offered it to her.
"L'Accordéoniste" became the first million-seller in Piaf's career.
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. Unfortunately he does not come back and she can't bear to hear another accordioniste.

EDITH PIAF:
Born in poverty, Edith Piaf was a child whose ancestors belonged to the entertainment world for two generations. She grew up shoved around from mother to father, grand-mother to aunts, and lived among prostitutes who were the ones who showed her some affection. Edith believed her weakness for men came from mixing with prostitutes in her grandmother's brothel.
She sang from the age of five in the streets and cabaret. In 1935, Piaf was discovered in the Pigalle area of Paris by nightclub owner Louis Leplée who gave her the nickname that would stay with her for the rest of her life and serve as her stage name, La Môme Piaf (Paris slang meaning "The Little Sparrow").Leplée taught her the basics of stage presence and told her to wear a black dress, which became her trademark apparel. Leplée ran an intense publicity campaign leading up to her opening night, attracting the presence of many celebrities, including actor and singer Maurice Chevalier. Her nightclub gigs led to her first two records produced that same year.
Piaf's career and fame gained momentum during the German occupation of France. She performed in various nightclubs and brothels, which flourished during the 1940–1945. By 1947, she was in great demand and very successful in Paris as France's most popular entertainer. After a glowing review in the New York Herald, her popularity grew to the point where she eventually appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show eight times, and at Carnegie Hall twice (1956 and 1957).
On October 10, 1963, Edith Piaf died at the age of 47 from a ruptured aneurysm due to liver failure. She is worn down by excess, alcohol, morphine, rheumatoid arthritis and the suffering of a lifetime.
Her last words: "Every fucking thing we do in this life, we have to pay for it."