Charles AZNAVOUR, who with the recent death of Frank Sinatra is the last of the great legend and was recently named by TIME Magazine and CNN 100 Online Poll as the Entertainer of the Century.Born in Paris of Armenian parents, he made his stage debut, dancing and acting, at age nine, and except for a period during World War II when he hawked newspapers on Paris’ boulevards (and developed the famous “grenouille” in his throat) he has never been offstage since.His first song “J’ai bu” (I drank) won the Record of the Year Award. His songs continue, success upon success, and many of the world’s greatest singers have recorded and performed his music, including Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier, Bing Crosby, Ray Charles, Shirley Bassey, Fred Astaire, Liza Minnelli, and many other stars.His first screen role in “La Tête contre les murs” (Head against the walls) won the Crystal Star Award, a French equivalent of the “Oscars”, and preceded sixty other roles in films such as “Shoot the Piano Player”, “Tomorrow is my turn”, “Taxi for Tobrouk”, “The Devil and the Ten Commandments”, “The Adventurers”, “The Tin Drum”, “The Truth about Charlie” and “Ararat”.Although his triumphs are now legendary, stardom evaded Charles Aznavour until he was thirty years old. It was not until he appeared on stage in a Casablanca Vaudeville house, following an almost fatal car accident that he became a star. “I caught on” says the man who repeated the triumph at Paris’ Alhambra Theatre so that a French critic reported “France has been Aznavouried”. His first Broadway engagement inspired Walter Kerr to write “Charles Aznavour is as vibrant as five Beatles” and Time Magazine to report “Aznavour is the perfect salesman for his own work; his words are the pleas of any poor devil, sung in the poor devil’s voice”. Aznavour himself says “My face is the face of anybody”. Unlike many other songwriters, he insists upon many of his lyrics being translated into the language of the country in which he is performing. He sings with a voice which the French describe as “Après l’Amour”.In 1988, following the devastating earthquake in Armenia, he founded with Lévon Sayan the movement “Aznavour for Armenia” and 89 artists joined him to record “For you Armenia” to raise relief funds, and the record was at the top of the charts within one week, remaining there for sales to quickly top two million records in France only.In 1975, he had written the song “They fell” in remembrance of the Armenian victims of the genocide during World War I. He has made frequent trips to Armenia since then, and in 1993 the Armenian President named him Ambassador-at-Large and Ambassador at the Unesco for the newly created Republic of Armenia.In 1996, he returned to Armenia again for the fifth anniversary of the new republic and for the thirtieth anniversary of his first concert there. He became also a member of the “Hall of Fame” in 1996. You are bidding on an imported box set by Charles Aznavour. This box set is complete with all original items. There is slight wear on the outside but other than that it is in great shape! It is missing one screw on the top of the box and another on the inside. These are small screws that can easily be replaced and are only used in the hinges that open the top. It by no means, restricts its ability to open and has nothing to do with the quality of the product inside. This is a collectors dream and you really don't want to miss out!