Emma Liébel

France, 1912–1928

One of the first chanteuses réalistes to record, and the singer the next generation of them came out of. Her voice was heavy and unsentimental where the café-concert of the day wanted charm, which is the register Fréhel, Damia and Piaf all worked in afterwards.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Emma Liébel and 2 artists Emma Liébel influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Emma Liébel influence?

• Édith Piaf — The singer at the head of the line: Liébel recorded the realist song before any of them and set the register the rest worked in.
• Fréhel — The same inheritance, one generation earlier.