The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Artist: Sacha Distel
Author: Sacha Distel
Label: Philips
Year: 1962

Instrumental single with a jazz quintet (Sacha on guitar), to promote film Les Sept Péchés Capitaux. It's the theme of actress Marina Vlady, caught between her husband (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and her lover (Sami Frey) in l'Orgueil, the part directed by Roger Vadim.

Covers:

1963:: Sergio Franchi [as The Good Life; lyrics: Jack Reardon]
1963:: Tony Bennett [idem; top 20 US, top 30 UK]
1963:: Betty Carter [idem]
1963:: Blossom Dearie
1963:: Sarah Vaughan
1963:: Buddy Greco
1964:: Nancy Wilson
1964:: Frank Sinatra
1964:: Duke Ellington
1964:: Sacha Distel [as La Belle vie; lyrics: Jean Broussolle]
1965:: Bobby Darin
1965:: Drifters
1966:: Ann-Margret
1966:: Sammy Davis Jr.
1966:: Connie Francis
1967:: Brigitte Bardot [as La Belle vie]
1967:: Lou Donaldson
1968:: Petula Clark
1969:: Sacha Distel [instrumental as The Good Life with the Slide Hampton Orch.]
1972:: Carmen McRae
1973:: Dionne Warwick [all as The Good Life]
2005:: Dee Dee Bridgewater [as La Belle vie on cd J'Ai Deux Amours]
2006:: Tony Hadley
2011:: Michael Feinstein
2012:: Glenn Frey
2013:: Roch Voisine-Danny Brillant-Damien Sargue [as La Belle vie]
2016:: Ben l'Oncle Soul [idem]
2020:: Thomas Dutronc [with Jeff Goldblum]

Rocco Granata's Marina is a different song and all his own, covered from Willy Alberti ('59 - top 50 US) to Flaco Jimenez and The Texas Tornados.

MARINA

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