Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose, 1950

   1950 - French chanteuse Edith Piaf, signature song 'La Vie En Rose',  written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the US in 1950 with no fewer than seven different versions reaching the Billboard charts. These were by Tony Martin, Paul Weston, Bing Crosby (recorded June 22, 1950), Ralph Flanagan, Victor Young, Dean Martin, and Louis Armstrong.

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Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose (Slow Chante)  Columbia 4014

Paris Match Archive April 01, 1949

   December 26, 1949 In a radio broadcasting studio in New York, the French singer Edith Piaf assisted by the director of the French programs in the United States, Pierre Cremese, is singing for a radio recording that one can listen to for the first time simultaneously on the American continent and in Europe.

January 20, 1951 In a Parisian television studio on the 'set' XYZ, Edith Piaf (center) is singing a recital between her two friends, the American Eddie Constantine and young Charles Aznavour who was then her "handyman" ( : secretary, driver and confidant). First television of Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour.

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La Vie En Rose versions

Dick Haymes
05/1950
Roses - 28 US

Victor Young and His Singing Strings
06/1950
La Vie en rose - 27 US

Paul Weston and His Orchestra
06/1950
La Vie en rose - 12 US

Tony Martin
07/1950                 
La Vie en rose - 9 US

Bing Crosby
08/1950
La Vie en rose - 13 US

Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
09/1950
La Vie en rose - 27 US

Louis Armstrong
10/1950
La Vie en rose - 28 US

Edith Piaf
10/1950
La Vie en rose - 23 US