Profile of legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf, whose talent for re-inventing herself was second only to her phenomenal voice and who used her difficult upbringing to feed her art and create the iconic performer the world came to know simply as Piaf. She found a generation of great songwriters to help her tell her story and nurtured singers including Charles Aznavour, Georges Moustaki and Yves Montand. Includes contributions from Ute Lemper, biographer Margaret Crosland and critic Gene Lees.
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