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:
Sergio Franchi [as The Good Life; lyrics: Jack Reardon]
Tony Bennett [idem; top 20 US, top 30 UK]
Betty Carter [idem]
Sacha Distel [as La Belle vie; lyrics: Jean Broussolle]
Brigitte Bardot [as La Belle vie]
Sacha Distel [instrumental as The Good Life with the Slide Hampton Orch.]
Dionne Warwick [all as The Good Life]
Dee Dee Bridgewater [as La Belle vie on cd J'Ai Deux Amours]
Roch Voisine-Danny Brillant-Damien Sargue [as La Belle vie]
Ben l'Oncle Soul [idem]
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.
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Arnold Rypens
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