Gilbert Becaud, a French crooner who wrote songs that inspired such international stars as Frank Sinatra and Edith Piaf, died yesterday (Dec. 18) in Paris. He was 74. Charley Marouani, Becaud's… By ...

Gilbert Bécaud was a French singer, songwriter, and pianist widely regarded as one of the most dynamic performers in the history of chanson and French popular music. Born François Silly in Toulon, ...

Outside France, Bécaud is less well known. Though his “A Little Love and Understanding” single charted in Britain in 1975, he did not make a Charles Aznavour-style crossover to mainstream recognition ...

Singer-songwriter Gilbert Becaud, known as “Mr. 100,000 Volts” for his electrifying stage performances and who became internationally famous for songs later made into English-language hits such as ...

Watch The Everly Brothers perform “Let It Be Me”, the English-language version of Gilbert Bécaud’s “Je t’appartiens” Et Maintenant – titled after his 1961 French smash, which Shirley Bassey brought to ...