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
Robert Redford Them Willie Boy Is Here" (1969); "Little Fauss and Big Halsy" (1970), and "The Hot Rock" (1972). But his overall career was flourishing with the critical and box office hit "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972); the political satire "The Candidate" (1972); the hugely popular period drama "The Way We Were" (1973); and the biggest hit of his career, the blockbuster crime caper "The Sting" (1973), which became one of the top 20 highest-grossing movies of all time when adjusted for inflation and for which he was also nominated for an Oscar. Between 1974 and 1976, exhibitors voted Redford Hollywood's top box-office name.