Sacha Distel

Known for ActingBorn 1933-01-29Died 2004-07-22Paris, France

Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1997. 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. Distel was the son of Russian-French emigre Léonide Distel who was born in Odessa (Russian Empire) and French-Jewish pianist Andrée Ventura (1902–1965), born in Constantinople. His uncle was bandleader Ray Ventura. After Ventura settled in Paris with his orchestra Les Collégiens, Distel gave up piano and switched to guitar. During his career, Distel worked with Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Gourley, Lionel Hampton, Slide Hampton, Bobby Jaspar, Barney Kessel, John Lewis, Pierre Michelot, Bernard Peiffer, Henri Renaud, Fats Sadi, Art Simmons, Martial Solal, René Urtreger, and Barney Wilen. As well as his musical career he also did some acting, primarily on French television. He had a cameo appearance in the 1960 film Zazie dans le Métro. He appeared in "Fallen Angels" by Noel Coward on British television in 1974. Distel was involved with actress Brigitte Bardot in 1958, having invited her to his birthday party in Saint-Tropez. The relationship ended in 1959. He married championship Olympic skier Francine Bréaud in 1963. Distel publicly stated that he remained faithful to his wife: "Anything I want in a woman I can get at home." Distel died of cancer at the age of 71 on 22 July 2004 at his mother in law's home in Rayol-Canadel, near Saint-Tropez, France. Source: Article "Sacha Distel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

Chanter la vie

Starparade

Rêves de Neige

Midi Première

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You

Show Bardot

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Le Grand Échiquier

Cilla

Frost on Sunday

Dim Dam Dom

Treffpunkt Telebar

Discorama

The Liberace Show

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

Absolutely Fabulous

Numéro un

A Song for Eurotrash

Die Drehscheibe

Fan School

Frou-Frou

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

The Crook

L'Âge d'or de la pub

The Mrs Merton Show

Musik aus Studio B

The Delinquents

A Night at the Opera

Champs-Elysées

Three of a Kind

Femmes de Paris

Surprise, Surprise

La Chance aux chansons

The Ed Sullivan Show

Zazie dans le Métro

Stars 90

30 millions d'amis

40° à l'ombre

Sing, aber spiel nicht mit mir

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Musik ist Trumpf

Midi trente

Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

Samedi soir

Star Academy

Without Apparent Motive

Sacrée soirée

Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.