Sacha Distel

Person · Male

Sacha Distel

From
Paris, France
Active
1933–2004
Releases
94
  • jazz
  • chanson française
  • pop

About

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.

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He was referenced in the 1969 hit song Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? by Peter Sarstedt.

From Sacha Distel on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Discography

Albums 49
EPs 13
Singles 11
Compilations 19
Other 2

Links

Involved with

Also known as

Distel · Sacha‐Alexandre Distel · Sascha Distel

Tags

  • french
  • european

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000108653557
IPI
00008301917

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.