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'''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,<ref>UK Hits Singles 1952-2004 by Graham Betts</ref><ref name="Roberts">{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |date=2006 |publisher=Guinness World Records |location=London |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |page=157 |edition=19th}}</ref> "[[Scoubidou (song)|Scoubidou]]", and "[[The Good Life (1962 song)|The Good Life]]". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the [[Légion d'honneur]] in 1997.<ref name="loh">{{Cite journal |journal=[[Journal Officiel de la République Française|JORF]] |volume=1997 |issue=1 |title=Ordre De La Legion D'honneur Décret du 31 décembre 1996 portant promotion et |date=1 January 1997 |page=29 |id=PREX9612816D |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9612816D |access-date=18 December 2014 }}</ref> 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.
'''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,<ref>{{cite book |title=UK Hits Singles 1952-2004 |first=Graham |last=Betts |publisher=Collins |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=Ewk5AQAAIAAJ&dq=UK+Hits+Singles+1952-2004&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=distel |page=221 |isbn=978-0-0071-7931-2}}</ref><ref name="Roberts">{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |date=2006 |publisher=Guinness World Records |location=London |isbn=978-1-9049-9410-7 |page=157 |edition=19th}}</ref> "[[Scoubidou (song)|Scoubidou]]", and "[[The Good Life (1962 song)|The Good Life]]". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the [[Légion d'honneur]] in 1997.<ref name="loh">{{Cite journal |journal=[[Journal Officiel de la République Française|JORF]] |volume=1997 |issue=1 |title=Ordre De La Legion D'honneur Décret du 31 décembre 1996 portant promotion et |date=1 January 1997 |page=29 |id=PREX9612816D |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9612816D |access-date=18 December 2014 }}</ref> 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==
==Career==
Distel was the son of Russian-French émigré Léonide Distel who was born in [[Odessa]] (Russian Empire) and French-Jewish pianist Andrée Ventura (1902–1965), born in [[Constantinople]].<ref name="telegraph obit">{{cite web |title=Sacha Distel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1467623/Sacha-Distel.html |website=The Telegraph |access-date=27 November 2018 |date=22 July 2004}}</ref> His uncle was bandleader [[Ray Ventura]].<ref name="Harris">{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Craig |title=Sacha Distel |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sacha-distel-mn0000276044 |website=AllMusic |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> After Ventura settled in Paris with his orchestra Les Collégiens, Distel gave up piano and switched to guitar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/sachadistelofficiel |title=La découverte du bebop |publisher=Sacha Distel Official Myspace |access-date=2 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803132856/http://blogs.myspace.com/sachadistelofficiel |archive-date=3 August 2009|df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Distel was the son of Russian-French émigré Léonide Distel who was born in [[Odessa]] (Russian Empire) and French-Jewish pianist Andrée Ventura (1902–1965), born in [[Constantinople]].<ref name="telegraph obit">{{cite news |title=Sacha Distel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1467623/Sacha-Distel.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |access-date=27 November 2018 |date=22 July 2004}}</ref> His uncle was bandleader [[Ray Ventura]].<ref name="Harris">{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Craig |title=Sacha Distel |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sacha-distel-mn0000276044 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> After Ventura settled in Paris with his orchestra Les Collégiens, Distel gave up piano and switched to guitar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/sachadistelofficiel |title=La découverte du bebop |website=Sacha Distel Official Myspace |access-date=2 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803132856/http://blogs.myspace.com/sachadistelofficiel |archive-date=3 August 2009|df=dmy-all }}</ref>


During his career, Distel worked with [[Kenny Clarke]], [[Jimmy Gourley]], [[Lionel Hampton]], [[Slide Hampton]], [[Bobby Jaspar]], [[Barney Kessel]], [[John Lewis (pianist)|John Lewis]], [[Pierre Michelot]], [[Bernard Peiffer]], [[Henri Renaud]], [[Fats Sadi]], [[Art Simmons]], [[Martial Solal]], [[René Urtreger]], and [[Barney Wilen]].<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book |last1=Kernfeld |first1=Barry |editor1-last=Kernfeld |editor1-first=Barry |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz |date=2002 |publisher=Grove's Dictionaries |location=New York |isbn=1-56159-284-6 |page=619 |volume=1 |edition=2nd }}</ref>
During his career, Distel worked with [[Kenny Clarke]], [[Jimmy Gourley]], [[Lionel Hampton]], [[Slide Hampton]], [[Bobby Jaspar]], [[Barney Kessel]], [[John Lewis (pianist)|John Lewis]], [[Pierre Michelot]], [[Bernard Peiffer]], [[Henri Renaud]], [[Fats Sadi]], [[Art Simmons]], [[Martial Solal]], [[René Urtreger]], and [[Barney Wilen]].<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book |editor-last=Kernfeld |editor-first=Barry |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz |year=2002 |publisher=Macmillan |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/newgrovedictiona0001unse_w1m0/page/618/mode/2up?q=distel |isbn=978-0-3336-9189-2 |page=619 |volume=1 |edition=2nd}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Distel was involved with actress [[Brigitte Bardot]] in 1958, having invited her to his birthday party in [[Saint-Tropez]].<ref name="ind obit" /> The relationship ended in 1959.<ref name="ind obit" /> He married champion Olympic skier [[Francine Bréaud]] in 1963.<ref name="ind obit" /> Distel publicly stated that he remained faithful to his wife: "Anything I want in a woman I can get at home."<ref name="ind obit">{{cite web |last1=Leigh |first1=Spencer |title=Sacha Distel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sacha-distel-550154.html |website=The Independent |access-date=27 November 2018 |date=24 July 2005}}</ref>
Distel was involved with actress [[Brigitte Bardot]] in 1958, having invited her to his birthday party in [[Saint-Tropez]].<ref name="ind obit" /> The relationship ended in 1959.<ref name="ind obit" /> He married champion Olympic skier [[Francine Bréaud]] in 1963.<ref name="ind obit" /> Distel publicly stated that he remained faithful to his wife: "Anything I want in a woman I can get at home."<ref name="ind obit">{{cite news |last1=Leigh |first1=Spencer |title=Sacha Distel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sacha-distel-550154.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |access-date=27 November 2018 |date=24 July 2005}}</ref>


Distel died of cancer at the age of 71 on 22 July 2004 at his mother in law's home in [[Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer|Rayol-Canadel]], near Saint-Tropez, France.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/23/france.arts|title=Britain's favourite French crooner dies in St-Tropez|date=23 July 2004|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> In an interview a month after Distel's death, his widow Francine said she knew he had been unfaithful: "I knew it was going to happen and I knew it was going to pass."<ref name="Randall">{{cite web |last1=Randall |first1=Colin |title=Why I accepted Sacha's string of affairs |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1470420/Why-I-accepted-Sachas-string-of-affairs.html |website=The Telegraph |access-date=27 November 2018 |date=27 August 2004}}</ref>
Distel died of cancer at the age of 71 on 22 July 2004 at his mother-in-law's home in [[Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer|Rayol-Canadel]], near Saint-Tropez, France.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/23/france.arts |title=Britain's favourite French crooner dies in St-Tropez |date=23 July 2004 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> In an interview a month after Distel's death, his widow Francine said she knew he had been unfaithful: "I knew it was going to happen and I knew it was going to pass."<ref name="Randall">{{cite news |last1=Randall |first1=Colin |title=Why I accepted Sacha's string of affairs |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1470420/Why-I-accepted-Sachas-string-of-affairs.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=27 November 2018 |date=27 August 2004}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==

Revision as of 07:52, 12 June 2024

Sacha Distel
Background information
Birth nameAlexandre Distel
Born(1933-01-29)29 January 1933
Paris, France
Died22 July 2004(2004-07-22) (aged 71)
Rayol-Canadel, France
GenresPop, rock, jazz
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • musician
  • actor
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1950–2004

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,[1][2] "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life". 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 (Russian Empire) and French-Jewish pianist Andrée Ventura (1902–1965), born in Constantinople.[4] His uncle was bandleader Ray Ventura.[5] After Ventura settled in Paris with his orchestra Les Collégiens, Distel gave up piano and switched to guitar.[6]

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.[7]

Personal life

Distel was involved with actress Brigitte Bardot in 1958, having invited her to his birthday party in Saint-Tropez.[8] The relationship ended in 1959.[8] He married champion Olympic skier Francine Bréaud in 1963.[8] Distel publicly stated that he remained faithful to his wife: "Anything I want in a woman I can get at home."[8]

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.[9] In an interview a month after Distel's death, his widow Francine said she knew he had been unfaithful: "I knew it was going to happen and I knew it was going to pass."[10]

Discography

  • Afternoon in Paris with John Lewis (Atlantic, 1957)
  • Everybody Loves the Lover (Philips, 1961)
  • From Paris with Love (RCA Victor, 1962)
  • Les Filles Moi J'Aime Ca! (RCA, 1963)
  • The Good Life (Kapp, 1969)
  • Back to Jazz with Slide Hampton (La Voix de Son Maitre, 1969)
  • Sacha Distel (Warner Bros., 1970)
  • Close to You (Warner Bros., 1970)
  • More and More (Warner Bros., 1971)
  • Love Music (Polydor, 1973)
  • Swing with Sacha Distel (Contour, 1973)
  • Love Is All (Pye, 1976)
  • Forever and Ever (Carrere, 1978)
  • From Sacha with Love (Mercury, 1979)
  • Amour Tout Court (DRG, 1982)
  • My Guitar and All That Jazz (Pablo, 1983)
  • Move Closer (Towerbell, 1985)
  • Ecoute Mes Yeux (Arcade Music, 1998)
  • But Beautiful (Mercury, 2003)

References

  1. ^ Betts, Graham (2004). UK Hits Singles 1952-2004. Collins. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-0071-7931-2.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-9049-9410-7.
  3. ^ "Ordre De La Legion D'honneur Décret du 31 décembre 1996 portant promotion et". JORF. 1997 (1): 29. 1 January 1997. PREX9612816D. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Sacha Distel". The Daily Telegraph. London. 22 July 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. ^ Harris, Craig. "Sacha Distel". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ "La découverte du bebop". Sacha Distel Official Myspace. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  7. ^ Kernfeld, Barry, ed. (2002). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Macmillan. p. 619. ISBN 978-0-3336-9189-2.
  8. ^ a b c d Leigh, Spencer (24 July 2005). "Sacha Distel". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Britain's favourite French crooner dies in St-Tropez". The Guardian. London. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  10. ^ Randall, Colin (27 August 2004). "Why I accepted Sacha's string of affairs". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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