Les scoubidous sacha distel biography
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Sacha Distel
French musician
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| Birth name | Alexandre Distel |
| Born | (1933-01-29)29 January 1933 Paris, France |
| Died | 22 July 2004(2004-07-22) (aged 71) Rayol-Canadel, France |
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| Years active | 1950–2004 |
Musical artist
Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French musician and singer who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts,[1][2] "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life".
Les scoubidous sacha distel biography
He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1997.[3] He had also scored a hit as a songwriter when Tony Bennett recorded Sacha's song for The Good Life in 1963. It peaked at #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and Top 10 on the Easy Listening chart.
Career
Distel was the son of Russian-French émigré Léonide Distel who was born in Odessa, Ukraine and French-Jewish pianist Andrée Ventura (1902–196