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Édith Piaf

La Vie en rose

1947 · via Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf’s 1947 recording of “La Vie en rose” is the earliest release on file. Édith Piaf shares the writing credit with Louiguy. Also recorded by Grace Jones (released 1977), Mireille Mathieu (released 1976) and James Last (released 1982), among 374 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Piaf wrote this one with Louiguy and put it out herself in 1947, and Grace Jones's take came out thirty years later. Play them back to back and listen to how far one song can walk without losing its way home.

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Credited writers: Louiguy and Édith Piaf.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1947.

Other recordings on file · first release year

374 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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