The renowned French-Armenian actor, singer, and songwriter Charles Aznavour penned nearly 1,300 songs during his lifetime, and artists such as Edith Piaf and Juliette Gréco flocked to his vivid portraits of everyday life. He could put himself in the mind of almost anyone—a love-crazed sailor who jumps ship to be with his girl, a young woman dressing to go out—and capture the subtle undercurrents of fear, hope, and melancholy swirling inside them.