Claim: Jacques Brel, a Belgian singer and the third-best Belgian recording artist of all time, first recorded the song "Season in the Sun" about a man dying of a broken heart, before Terry Jacks and his wife recorded and released the song in 1973, topping the charts in the US, Canada, and the UK.
Evidence: Having sold over 25 million records worldwide, Brel is the third best-selling Belgian recording artist of all time.