"Simply a Waltz" is a song by Édith Piaf, with music and lyrics by Norman Wallace. It was the only song Piaf never sang in French. In 1950 Piaf recorded “Simply a Waltz”, along with “La Vie en rose,” “Hymn to Love,” and “The Three Bells” at Columbia's Paris studio. Piaf performed the song at a dinner for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, a few months before he was elected president.
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- David Bret -The Piaf Legend 1988 - Page 81 "At Eisenhower's request she sang Les feuilles mortes, another standard which ironically had been launched by Montand and Greco, and Simply a Waltz, the only song she never sang in French. Eisenhower declared this to be his favourite song of all time."
- David Bret Piaf: A Passionate Life - 1998- Page 96 "This time she dined with General Eisenhower, who a few months later would be elected President. At his request she sang 'Les ... Simply a waltz that goes round And around in my brain, Like a merry-go-round in the spring, When the music's "
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