Biography
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 on 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 "The Good Life" in 1963. It peaked at No. 18 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and reached the top 10 of the Easy Listening chart. He was referenced in the 1969 hit song Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? by Peter Sarstedt
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
It Might As Well Be Swing
1964
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
1962
Après
2012
Tony's Greatest Hits, Volume III
1965
The Best Of Dinah Washington
1965
Sweet Slumber
1980
To The Good Life
1973
The Dionne Warwicke Story (A Decade Of Gold)
1971
Afternoon In Paris
1957
MTV Unplugged
1994
Make It Easy On Yourself
1972
In Paris
1966
The Turnaround
1965
I Wanna Be Around
1963
The Wonderful World Of: Gene McDaniels
1963
Frenchy
2020
Nothing But The Best
2008
Duets (An American Classic)
2006
The Change
2004
Straight No Filter
1986
Greatest Hits
1982
This Is My Love = マイ・ラヴ
1975
An Evening With Mantovani
1973
The Sinatra Collection
1971
Credited work
2,050 releases · 450 albums · active 1953–2026
- Performance · 2,272
- Other credits · 171
- Production · 41
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Capitol Studios · L'Olympia · Bennett Studios