In the 1960s, one of France's biggest heartthrobs was Sacha Distel. A singer and TV variety-show host with movie-star looks and a gentle, romantic persona, Distel seemed to melt the hearts of female singers who joined him for a duet. As one French singer from that era told me recently, "Sacha was impossibly handsome," which she followed with a sigh.
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