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Sacha Distel

13th arrondissement of Paris, France • 1933-01-29 – 2004-07-22

Sacha Distel is credited on 1,722 releases across 452 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,722

Pressings credited

452

Albums

8

Decades active

99

In collections

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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1,722 releases · 452 albums · active 1953–2026

  • Performance · 1,920
  • Other credits · 130
  • Production · 39

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · L'Olympia · Sony Music Studios, New York City · Columbia Recording Studios

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