He also wrote "Le Moribond," which, under the title "Seasons in the Sun," was a (maudlin, treacly) #1 hit in America by Terry Jacks
Other Brel song translated in English :
La quete, became The Impossible Dream, by crooner Jack Jones.
I think Mark Almond (former Soft Cell) made an album of Brel's songs...
Scott Walker's versions of Brel's songs from his albums of the late 60s were the most faithful to Brel's sardonic yet fervant zeitgeist, of any covers I've ever heard, in English no less.
They were the best things about those albums, after Scott's own songs, that is.
Le Moribond (Seasons in the sun) was recorded in
1964 by the Kingston Trio, before Terry Jacks.
