Jacques Revaux
Jacques Abel Jules Revaud (born 11 July 1940), known as Jacques Revaux, is a French songwriter, most famous for his 1968 writing collaboration with singer Claude François on the song "Comme d'habitude", whose text was reworked by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka into the English language as "My Way", which was in turn a hit first recorded by Frank Sinatra. He co-founded Trema Records with Regis Talar. Revaux also wrote many hit songs for another French singing star, Michel Sardou.
Jacques Revaux
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- Jacques Revaux
- Birth Name
- Jacques Abel Jules Revaud
- Born
- 11 July 1940
- Full name
- Jacques Abel Jules Revaud.
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Jacques Abel Jules Revaud (born 11 July 1940), known as Jacques Revaux, is a French songwriter, most famous for his 1968 writing collaboration with singer Claude François on the song "Comme d'habitude", whose text was reworked by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka into the English language as "My Way", which was in turn a hit first recorded by Frank Sinatra. He co-founded Trema Records with Regis Talar. Revaux also wrote many hit songs for another French singing star, Michel Sardou.
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• Name — Jacques Revaux • Birth Name — Jacques Abel Jules Revaud • Born — 11 July 1940 • Origin — Azay-sur-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France • Genre — Pop • Label — Trema Records
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- 1.« La Story des Demoiselles de Rochefort » sur radiofrance.fr.
- 2.Jacques Revaux, le compositeur de My Way, célébré partout. sauf en France. Le Figaro. 2023-04-09.
- 3.Lors de l'enregistrement de ce titre, il dirigea l'Orchestre symphonique de Londres. Le morceau exigeait des cornemuses ; l'orchestre n'en comptant pas, ce fut un synthétiseur qui fut utilisé. Il est possible d'entendre Revaux marquer la mesure au début de l'enregistrement.
- 4.Source : site officiel de l'UNAC.
- 5.Arrêté du 13 septembre 2016 portant nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
- 6.Arrêté du .
- 7.Arrêté du au titre du ministère de la Culture.
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