Sacha Distel Tony Bennett. French lyrics were added in the 1970s and it became Distel's signature tune. During the 1960s, he had a variety show on French television. His only British hit single came in 1970 with a cover of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head", the Oscar-winning Burt Bacharach/Hal David song from the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Distel's version reached No. 10 in the UK. In the 1970s, he became popular outside France and hosted the Miss World contest in London in 1977. He appeared on TV variety shows in the UK throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including
Joey Newman the Boston Repertory Ballet) nurtured his musical beginnings. Further inspiration and guidance came from his grandfather, Lionel Newman (the Oscar-winning composer/conductor who headed 20th Century Fox's Music Department for 47 years after his older brother and nine-time Oscar winner, Alfred Newman, retired) and his composer cousins, Randy Newman, David Newman and Thomas Newman. His cousin Maria Newman (Alfred's youngest daughter) is a well known composer of music for the concert stage. Joey was drumming at the age of three, owning his first set of drums at the age of eight. At nine, he was chosen for the boy's chorus of