Franois Claude

French pop singer and songwriter born in Egypt, he wrote "Comme dhabitude, in 1967 the original version of "My Way." It caught the attention of singer Paul Anka whose version along with that of Frank Sinatra, made it an international hit. The son of a French father and Italian mother, Claude spent his early years in Egypt, moving with his family to France when he was 17. In 1962 he had his first successful hit, "Belles, Belles, Belles." He covered in French Peete Seegers song "If I had a hammer" with great success. He was accidentally electrocuted at his Paris home on March 11, 1978 when he tried to change a light bulb after stepping out of a bath. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less