Sacha Distel

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Paris, France, 1933-01-29

Died: 2004-07-22

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	Femmes de Paris	Self (uncredited)	65
2	1960	The Delinquents	Bernard	0
3	1960	Zazie dans le Métro	Cameo Appearance (uncredited)	66
4	1962	We Will Go to Deauville	Self	57
5	1963	Sing, aber spiel nicht mit mir	Self	55
6	1964	How to Make a French Dish	Roger	45
7	1965	The Real Bargain	Self (uncredited)	10
8	1968	Spécial Bardot	Self	0
9	1970	The Crook	Self	71
10	1971	Without Apparent Motive	Julien Sabirnou	59
11	1974	Fallen Angels	Maurice Duclos	20
12	1995	Drôle de Noël pour Jérémy	Self	0
13	1998	A Song for Eurotrash	Self - Special Guest	0
14	2020	Numéro un - Demis Roussos	Self	0
15	2022	La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président	Self (archive footage)	72
16	2022	Sheila, toutes ces vies-là	Self (archive footage)	75
17	2023	L'Âge d'or de la pub	Self (archive footage)	65
18	2023	Elis & Tom: It Had to be You	Self (archive footage)	80

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1952	The Liberace Show		0
3	1959	Discorama	Self	0
4	1961	Treffpunkt Telebar	Self	0
5	1961	Musik aus Studio B	Self	0
6	1962	Lieben Sie Show ?	Self	0
7	1964	Die Drehscheibe	Self	60
8	1965	Dim Dam Dom	Self	60
9	1965	Meine Melodie	Self	0
10	1968	Cilla	Self	100
11	1968	Starparade	Self	0
12	1969	TV Intim	Self	0
13	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
14	1971	Cadet Rousselle	Self	0
15	1971	Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre	Self	60
16	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
17	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
18	1972	Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich?	Self	0
19	1975	Musik ist Trumpf	Self	60
20	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
21	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
22	1975	Système 2	Self	0
23	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
24	1975	Numéro un	Self - Host	60
25	1976	30 millions d'amis	Self	58
26	1977	Fan School	Self	73
27	1980	Russell Harty		0
28	1981	Three of a Kind	Self	67
29	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
30	1983	Wie wär’s heut’ mit Revue?	Self	0
31	1984	La Chance aux chansons	Self	40
32	1984	Surprise, Surprise	Self	58
33	1987	Matin Bonheur	Self	0
34	1987	40° à l'ombre	Self	60
35	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
36	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self (archive footage)	65
37	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
38	1987	Téléthon	Self	50
39	1990	Stars 90	Self	62
40	1992	Frou-Frou	Self - Guest	0
41	1995	The Mrs Merton Show	Self	64
42	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
43	1998	Fantasy World Cup	Self	50
44	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
45	2001	Chanter la vie	Self	0
46	2001	Star Academy	Self	64
47	2022	Il était une fois Champs-Élysées	Self (archive footage)	66

Sacha Distel

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Television