Peter Helck, an American artist with the talent to make his art speed off the page, decided on a profession at age 13. Seldom does a man achieve childhood dreams with the success that Helck did!
No screams were heard that the French are coming when Edith Piaf arrived in New York, but the French chanteuse soon became our Queen of Hearts. She sang La Vie en Rose every night and the crowds returned for more. Piaf is the one who reminds us that great popular art didn’t begin with Elvis or the Beatles.