Charles Aznavour

Words like "genius" and "legend" get thrown around a lot in culture circles, but I think it'd be fair to say prolific songwriter, composer and musician Charles Aznavour really was a legend touched by some kind of genius. Even his film career was pretty unusual, at times cutting-edge, at times stellar - for latin Europeans, he combined the musical skills of Elton John, the poetic stature of Smokey Robinson and the iconic status of Frank Sinatra into one man, a man Edith Piaf held in the highest regard in terms of talent.