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Édith Piaf: A Love Hostage to the Vagaries of “La Foule” (“The Crowd”) Posted by on Jun 7, 2011

Who said that la culture française rarely opened itself to cross-border influence and inspiration, and that the French always lived secluded within the stone walls of their village gaulois ? 🙂 With her outstanding song “La Foule” (“the Crowd”), Édith Piaf dispels such a misconception about her country, by interpreting a Peruvian Waltz titled “Que nadie sepa mi…

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