Editing Sacha Distel (section)

{{Short description|French musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| background        = person
| name              = Sacha Distel
| image             = Sacha distel4.jpg
| caption           = 
| birth_name        = Alexandre Distel
| birth_date        = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|01|29}}
| birth_place       = [[Paris]], France
| death_date        = {{death date and age|df=yes|2004|07|22|1933|01|29}}
| death_place       = [[Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer|Rayol-Canadel]], France
| genre             = {{hlist|Pop|rock|jazz}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|singer|actor}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals}}
| years_active      = 1950–2004
}}
'''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 in the [[UK music charts|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?id=Ewk5AQAAIAAJ&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 Hot 100|''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot 100]] chart and Top 10 on the Easy Listening chart.