On January 20, came out Chimene sings Piaf. The tone was set and Chimène Badi began her tribute to Piaf two days later in the velvets of L’Olympia. The artist imagined this album during the first confinement. For years she dreamed of it. However, she waited until she was out of the bottle, she says, to fully experience titles as powerful as No, I do not regret anything or My God. It’s done, a tour is launched.
“It was the singer who made me want to do this job, confides for her part Isabelle Boulay at the time of also paying homage to her on stage. At 7, I was already singing No, I don’t regret anything; she is for me the singer whose voice illuminates all the darkness of the soul.“
Piaf is a must for any self-respecting performer! Their elders knelt before the idol: Mireille Mathieu and Michèle Torr both published Piaf albums. That of Michèle figures in the integral which has just been dedicated to her. She also signed her first record contract on the day of Piaf’s death! Ten years ago, Patricia Kaas’ tribute show to La Môme toured 50 countries while Nana Mouskouri humbly admits that she never dared to sing Piaf in French, preferring to perform it in English and German. Piaf is eternal, there is no doubt.
