About Loulou Gasté
Louis "Loulou" Gasté (18 March 1908 – 8 January 1995) was a French composer of songs. He composed more than 1000 songs, including "Battling Joe" and "For You". The song "For You" was popularised internationally as "Feelings" and has been covered almost 1200 times. == Career == Louis Gasté was born in Paris on 18 March 1908. In his fifty-year career, he composed over 1000 songs, ten of which were internationally successful. In 1929, he played in Ray Ventura's orchestra, and composed several pieces for him. == "Pour Toi" / "Feelings" / "Dis-Lui" dispute == In September 1956, Gasté composed "Pour Toi" ("For You") with lyrics by Albert Simonin and his wife Marie-Hélène Bourquin, for the singer Darío Moreno, who sang it in the film Le Feu aux Poudres. It was first released by Line Renaud, and was reinterpreted in France and internationally by various other singers. In 1974, Morris Albert sang it in English and was credited as the original author of "Feelings", launched in São Paulo by Augusta Do Brazil. In 1975, Mike Brant brought it back to France under the title "Dis-Lui" ("Tell Her").
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