Edith Piaf (the Sparrow)

It's hard to believe that voice eminates from a woman who was only 4' 8" tall.....

Like all great torch singers, she sang of love and loss - something she was well acquainted with.  While she was married several times, one great love of her life, Marcel Cerdan, died in a plane crash.  If this was not tragic enough, she also lost her only child, Marcelle at the age of two from meningitis.

Luckily for us, she poured her heartache into her music and, in turn, left us with a legacy of some of the most soulful, mournful, joyous and beautiful music.

Sing your heart out, little sparrow!!

Thanks to sidious8945 for the video posting