Agenzia Pitre, published in Bolero Teletutto Magazine · Public domain

An American-born singer, son of blacklisted director Jules Dassin, who found the stardom in France that eluded him at home, recording in French, English, Italian, and Spanish. Songs like "Les Champs-Élysées" and "L'Été indien" became fixtures of French popular music, and he sold nearly 25 million records worldwide before his death from a heart attack at 41.