Loulou Gasté
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 Ray Ventura's orchestra, and composed several pieces for him. He discovered and launched French singer and actress Line Renaud in 1945, and they married in 1950. He died at Rueil-Malmaison in 1995. Section::::"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 sung later by Line Renaud, and was reinterpreted in France and internationally by various 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"). In 1976, "Feelings" was a worldwide success and was recorded by Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra 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. Selected compositions. 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.