Louis "Loulou" Gasté (18 March 1908 – 8 January 1995) was a French composer of songs.

Life

Louis Gasté was born in Paris in 1908. In his fifty-year career, he composed approximately 1,200 songs, ten of which were internationally successful. In 1929, he played in

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's orchestra, and composed several pieces for him. He discovered and launched French singer and actress

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in 1945, and they married in 1950. He died at Rueil-Malmaison in 1995.

"Pour Toi" / "Feelings" / "Dis-Lui" dispute

In September 1956, Gasté composed "Pour Toi" ("For you") with lyrics by

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and his wife Marie-Hélène Bourquin, for the singer

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, who sang it in the film ''Le Feu aux Poudres''. It was sung later by Line Renaud, and was reinterpreted in France and internationally by various singers. In 1974,

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sang it in English and was credited as the original author of "

Feelings Feelings are subjective self-contained phenomenal experiences. According to the ''APA Dictionary of Psychology'', a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; and feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations ...

", launched in

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by Augusta Do Brazil. In 1975,

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brought it back to France under the title "Dis-Lui" ("Tell her"). In 1976, "Feelings" was a worldwide success and was recorded by

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and others. In 1977, Gasté discovered the song was one of his melodies and sued Morris Albert. On 22 December 1988, a court found in favour of Gasté, and he won recognition as the sole creator of the song, gaining seven-eighths of all royalties, with Albert receiving the remainder for his lyrics contribution.Louis Gasté v. Morris Kaiserman, 863 F.2d 1061 (2d Cir. 1988
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Selected compositions

* 1941: Avec son Ukulélé (for

Jacques Pills Jacques Pills (born René Jacques Ducos; 7 January 1906, Tulle, France – 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 wit ...

) * 1941: Le Chant du Gardian (for

Tino Rossi Constantin "Tino" Rossi (29 April 1907 – 26 September 1983) was a French singer and film actor of Corsican origin. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Rossi was gifted with a voice well suited for opera. He became a tenor in the French cabaret style. ...

) * 1943: Elle Etait Swing (for Jacques Pills) * 1943: L’âme au Diable (for

Léo Marjane Thérèse Maria Léonie Gendebien, known by the stage name Léo Marjane (26 August 1912 – 18 December 2016) was a French singer who reached the peak of her popularity in the late 1930s and early 1940s before her career went into sharp decline ...

) * 1943: Sainte-Madeleine (for

) * 1944: Domingo (for

Lucienne Delyle Lucienne Delyle (16 April 1917 – 10 April 1962) was a French singer. After the very famous song ''Mon amant de Saint-Jean'' (my lover from Saint-Jean), in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became one of the most popular French female singers of the ...

) * 1945: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge ( for Lisette Jambel) * 1945: Quand un Cow-boy (for

Georges Guétary Georges Guétary (), born Lambros Vorloou ( el, Λάμπρος Βορλόου ; February 8, 1915 – September 13, 1997) was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical ''An American ...

) * 1945: Le Rythme Américain (for

Lily Fayol Lily Fayol (12 June 1914, Allevard, Isère, 15 May 1999, Saint-Raphaël, Var) was a French singer. The artistic career of Lily Fayol began shortly before World War II. Acquainted with talent manager Johnny Stark she had a series of hits from ...

) * 1945: Ce n’était pas Original ( for

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) * 1945: Le Porte Bonheur, Chica Chica ( for

Jacques Hélian Jacques Mikaël Der Mikaëlian better known as Jacques Hélian (born in Paris, 7 June 1912 - died 29 June 1986), was a famous French orchestra conductor for French music-hall. Biography Born of an Armenian father (descendant of Armenian bourge ...

) * 1945: Un Oiseau Chante ( for

Gisèle Pascal Gisèle Pascal (17 September 1921 – 2 February 2007) was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes, France. Her first movie role was in 1942's '' L'Arl� ...

) * 1945: Luna Park ( for

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, Ivo held strong ...

) * 1945: Battling Jo (for Yves Montand) * 1947: Au Chili (for Jacques Hélian) * 1958: Mon Coeur au Portugal (recorded by several artists) He also composed several songs for Line Renaud, including "Nous Deux", "Le Complet Gris", "Si J’avais la Chance", "Autant en Emporte le Vent", and "Ma cabane au Canada", which won the "Grand Prix du Disque" from Académy Charles Cros in 1949.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1944) * '' We Are Not Married'' (1946) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1953) * '' Madelon'' (1955) * '' Burning Fuse'' (1957) * ''

Mademoiselle and Her Gang ''Mademoiselle and Her Gang'' (French: ''Mademoiselle et son gang'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Line Renaud, Noël Roquevert and Philippe Nicaud.Powrie & Stilwell p.143 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios ...

'' (1957) * '' The Indestructible'' (1959)

Notes

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Life

"Pour Toi" / "Feelings" / "Dis-Lui" dispute

Selected compositions

Selected filmography

See also

Notes