L'Accordéoniste

"L'Accordéoniste"
Single by Édith Piaf
Language French
Released 1940
Songwriter(s) Michel Emer (music and lyrics)[1]
Music video
"L'Accordéoniste" (French TV, 1954) on YouTube

"L'Accordéoniste" is a song made famous by Édith Piaf. It was written in 1940 by Michel Emer, who then offered it to her.

Commercial performance

"L'Accordéoniste" became the first million-seller in Piaf's career.[2]

Composition

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.[3][4][5][6]

Track listings

10" shellac single Polydor 524 669 (France, 1940)

  1. "Escales"
  2. "L'Accordéoniste"[7]

References

  1. ↑ Humberto Quiroga Lavie. Secretos y Misterios de Hombres y Mujeres de la Ciencia, el Arte y el Deporte. Humberto Quiroga Lavié. pp. 267–. GGKEY:5KU0RFH8HH9.
  2. ↑ David Bret (2000). Marlene Dietrich, My Friend: An Intimate Biography. Robson. ISBN 978-1-86105-319-0.
  3. ↑ Megan Romer (2017-05-04). "Edith Piaf's 10 Best Songs". Thought Co. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. ↑ Lars Nyre (2 June 2009). Sound Media: From Live Journalism to Music Recording. Routledge. pp. 154–. ISBN 978-1-135-25377-6.
  5. ↑ Hugh Dauncey (5 July 2017). Popular Music in France from Chanson to Techno: "Culture, Identity and Society ". Taylor & Francis. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-1-351-55369-8.
  6. ↑ "Edith Piaf - L' Accordeoniste Lyrics". MetroLyrics. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  7. ↑ "spanishcharts.com - Edith Piaf - Escales". Retrieved 2017-11-07.

  • Anne Sebba (14 July 2016). Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s. Orion. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-297-87099-9.
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