From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris into the dazzling limelight of all New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant struggle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in the brothel of her grandmother, nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness detected in 1935 Piaf. Piaf became her voice one of those most bizarre signatures of the 20th century , one of France icons.