SINGER

Sacha Distel

1933 - 2004

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sacha Distel has received more than 651,910 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Sacha Distel is the 301st most popular singer (up from 354th in 2019), the 1,667th most popular biography from France (up from 1,941st in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Singer.

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  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sacha Distel ranks 301 out of 4,381Before him are Sammy Davis Jr., Vicente Fernández, Šaban Šaulić, John Fogerty, Wolf Biermann, and Jussi Björling. After him are Coolio, Agnes Baltsa, Muslim Magomayev, Psy, Johnny Logan, and Thalía.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Sacha Distel ranks 96Before him are John Mayall, Bata Živojinović, Jeremy Brett, Walter Kasper, David Hamilton, and Hisataka Okamoto. After him are Renato Salvatori, Tomas Milian, Lea Massari, Manu Dibango, Elem Klimov, and Elizabeth Montgomery. Among people deceased in 2004, Sacha Distel ranks 55Before him are Brian Clough, Julia Child, Otto Kumm, Elmer Bernstein, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, and José López Portillo y Pacheco. After him are Carlos Lacoste, Nikolai Chernykh, Matthäus Hetzenauer, John Pople, Philip Abelson, and Saizo Saito.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sacha Distel ranks 1,667 out of 6,770Before him are Nicolas Sanson (1600), Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953), Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291), Georges Feydeau (1862), Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604), and Margaret of France, Queen of England (1282). After him are Charles-François Lebrun (1739), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), Louis-Michel van Loo (1707), Régis Debray (1940), and Auguste Charlois (1864).

Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Sacha Distel ranks 21Before him are Desireless (1952), Charles Trenet (1913), Caterina Valente (1931), Jacqueline Boyer (1941), Barbara (1930), and Warda Al-Jazairia (1939). After him are Théo Sarapo (1936), Alan Stivell (1944), Alizée (1984), Tino Rossi (1907), Patrick Hernandez (1949), and André Claveau (1911).