Édith Piaf was confirmed as a success at the beginning of 1936. She recorded her first album for Polydor Les Mômes de la cloche which was a success. Her engagement at Gerny's on the Champs Élysées was renewed week after week until the murder of her manager Louis Leplee, on 6 April 1936. A thug of Pigalle, the old neighborhood where Édith Piaf had begun as a street singer, shot him in the head. She was arrested for questioning for 48 hours and then released for lack of evidence. Despite the seriousness of the situation, her career continued in music halls as Bobino and the Europeen in the ...
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