But his biggest fan was the legendary Edith Piaf - who took Aznavour under her wing.
It was also Piaf who encouraged Aznavour to go out and perform his own songs.
At the height of her career in 1950, Edith Piaf sang at Galeries Lafayette to boost post-war spirits.
The French said Amalia reminded them of Edith Piaf, who sang nostalgically of the tragedies in her life.
Edith Piaf became an international star after spending most of her early life on the streets of Paris.
Piaf's career had been in the doldrums and she'd all but given up.
On Piaf's next visit to the camp, the documents were secretly delivered.
Famous for singing ballads - Ms Piaf's songs include La Vie on Rose, Milord, La Foule - and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien.
Ms Bovill, who is performing Piaf until 24 August, gave up her profession as an English and French teacher to pursue a career in singing.
They know and love the traditional chansons by Piaf and Brel.
Ferreira will be back in the US in September to make a series of shows fully dedicated to Edith Piaf, the French singer, who died at 48.
Over the years, France has produced some remarkable music, from the emotive chanson of Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg's iconoclastic work and the electronic melodicism of the band Air.
After recording Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien in 1960 with Ms Piaf, Mr Dumont continued to write songs for the singer until her death three years later in 1963.
Piaf is most identified with the Trauma of the 1940s, the swift defeat in May 1940, the compromise of surrender, the moral accommodation of Nazi-ism, the collaboration, the humiliation of four years of German occupation, the terrible betrayal of Vichy.
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