In the 1960s, one of France's biggest heartthrobs was Sacha Distel. A TV variety-show host with movie-star looks and a gentle, romantic persona, Distel seemed to melt the hearts of female singers who ...

Though Distel wasn't nearly as spry on the instrument as his compatriot René Thomas, he was richly melodic, clever with harmony and had a gentle but ambitious swinging feel. [Pictured above, from left ...

Sacha Distel, a popular French singer, composer and jazz guitarist of the 1960s and ‘70s whose hits included “Scoubidou” and a cover of “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” has died. He was 71. Distel ...

French singer Sacha Distel died July 22 in Rayol-Canadel, France, after a long illness. He was 71. Distel, best known for a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, started out in music as a ...