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.

Personal life and death Gasté discovered and helped launched the career of French singer and actress Line Renaud in 1945. They married in 1950.

He died at home, at Rueil-Malmaison, close to Paris on 8 January 1995.

Selected compositions 1941: "Avec son Ukulélé" (for Jacques Pills) 1941: "Le Chant du Gardian" (for Tino Rossi) 1943: "Elle Etait Swing" (for Jacques Pills) 1943: "L'âme au Diable" (for Léo Marjane) 1943: "Sainte-Madeleine" (for Léo Marjane) 1944: "Domingo" (for Lucienne Delyle) 1945: "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" (for Lisette Jambel) 1945: "Quand un Cow-boy" (for Georges Guétary) 1945: "Le Rythme Américain" (for Lily Fayol) 1945: "Ce n'était pas Original" (for Jacqueline François) 1945: "Le Porte Bonheur, Chica Chica" (for Jacques Hélian) 1945: "Un Oiseau Chante" (for Gisèle Pascal) 1945: "Luna Park" (for Yves Montand) 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 The Island of Love (1944) We Are Not Married (1946) Sweet Madness (1951) Love in the Vineyard (1952) The Porter from Maxim's (1953) Madelon (1955) Burning Fuse (1957) Mademoiselle and Her Gang (1957) The Indestructible (1959)