Berthe Sylva
A symbol of French realist song, Berthe Sylva is best known for her rendition of
the classic "Les Roses blanches". Born in Lambézellec, Finistère, on February 7,
1885, Berthe Francine Ernestine Faquet (real name) had a poor childhood, working
as a chambermaid before turning to song in 1908 at the Casino Saint-Martin, then
at the Casino Montparnasse and Casino Montmartre in Paris. Between tours of
Algiers, where she performed a realistic repertoire including "Chant en
l'honneur des morts de l'armée d'Afrique", Berthe Sylva sang for the soldiers of
the First World War. Noticed by a...
Les roses blanchesBerthe Sylva
Dites-Le Avec Des Fleurs
3:30
ON N'A PAS TOUS LES JOURS VINGT ANSBerthe Sylva
Berthe Sylva Chante... Les Roses Blanches
LA DER DES DERÉmile Prud'homme, Fréhel, Berthe Sylva, Germaine Sablon, Maurice Alexander and Les moineaux de Paris (Emile Prud'homme and Frehel)
Fréhel
FROU FROUBerthe Sylva, Koko Ateba and Micheline Dax
Mon Vieux Pataud
BOUBLITCHKIDAMIA and Berthe Sylva
1928-1931
TANGO DU CHAT (LE)Annie Cordy, Berthe Sylva and Léon Raiter (Leon Raiter)
