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In 1967 he recorded a song called 'Comme d'habitude', which he also co wrote the words and music for. Paul Anka heard the song and wrote new lyrics for it in English, it was to become one of the most famous songs in the world, it is the song 'MY WAY', and Claude was very proud of it.
In 1974 the record 'Le Telephone Pleure sold more than 2 million copies.

Claude came to the United Kingdom in 1975 and released 'Tears on the Telephone', which was in the U.K. charts at number 35. He was on quite a few television programmes in the U.K. and was becoming very popular, and in January 1978 had his own show at the Royal Albert Hall.

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His success, and his tragic death Claude recorded his first disc called 'Nabout Twist', which was not very successful. Then came the big success he wanted in October 1962 with the song 'Belles, Belles, Belles', it sold 1.7 million records. This launched a fabulous career he was later to found his own record label 'Fleche'. He made spectacular programs for television, designing many of the sets, and contributed towards the scripts. He went on tour with his shows with his backing dancers 'The Claudette's'. The spectacle was lavish, with amazing dance routines, for which he did some of the choreography, and they wore fantastic costumes, which he sometimes designed himself.
		In 1967 he recorded a song called 'Comme d'habitude', which he also co wrote the words and music for. Paul Anka heard the song and wrote new lyrics for it in English, it was to become one of the most famous songs in the world, it is the song 'MY WAY', and Claude was very proud of it. In 1974 the record 'Le Telephone Pleure sold more than 2 million copies. Claude came to the United Kingdom in 1975 and released 'Tears on the Telephone', which was in the U.K. charts at number 35. He was on quite a few television programmes in the U.K. and was becoming very popular, and in January 1978 had his own show at the Royal Albert Hall.
Claude, above with the Claudette's, to the right, in front of The Royal Albert Hall. On March 9/10 in Switzerland, he recorded a television special for the United Kingdom, and he was very pleased with it. The next day March 11 1978 after returning home to France, he was preparing to go to yet another television recording, and he decided to have a bath. After bathing he noticed a light bulb over the bath needed changing, and with his feet still in water, reached up to remove it. He was to suffer a fatal electric shock. The news of his death came as a terrible shock to his family, and his fans, and he is mourned to this day. But I, and I am sure you too, will celebrate the fact, that he has left us the great legacy of his music, which will continue to give enormous pleasure to fans, old and new.