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Singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt, best known for the song Where do you go to (my lovely), has died at the age of 75, his family has said.
The song topped the UK singles charts in February 1969 and remained number one for four weeks.
It was also number one in many other countries and won the Ivor Novello award for best song composition.
He died peacefully after a six-year battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a family statement said.
The statement said his closest family were "with him to the last" and that many people would miss his songs and his music.
Where do you go to my Lovely?, a song about a girl born in poverty who becomes a member of the European jet-set, was replaced as number one by Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine.
It was included in the compilation programme One-Hit Wonders at the BBC, which was broadcast on BBC Four last year, although Sarstedt also reached number 10 in the charts with Frozen Orange Juice in June 1969.
He wrote more than a dozen albums in a career that spanned more than 50 years, releasing his last, Restless Heart, in 2013
Born into a musical family in India, Sarstedt was one of three brothers who all enjoyed success in the UK singles chart.
His older sibling, Richard Sarstedt, who performed under the stage name Eden Kane, also topped the charts with Well I ask You in 1961, while younger brother Clive, performing under the name Robin Sarstedt, reached number three in 1976 with My Resistance is Low.
Sarstedt's music reached new audiences when Where do you go to my Lovely? was included in the Wes Anderson films Hotel Chevalier and The Darjeeling Limited, which were both released in 2007.
According to his website, he retired in 2010 because of his illness - a rare, progressive neurological condition.
The song topped the UK singles charts in February 1969 and remained number one for four weeks.
It was also number one in many other countries and won the Ivor Novello award for best song composition.
He died peacefully after a six-year battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a family statement said.
The statement said his closest family were "with him to the last" and that many people would miss his songs and his music.
Where do you go to my Lovely?, a song about a girl born in poverty who becomes a member of the European jet-set, was replaced as number one by Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine.
It was included in the compilation programme One-Hit Wonders at the BBC, which was broadcast on BBC Four last year, although Sarstedt also reached number 10 in the charts with Frozen Orange Juice in June 1969.
He wrote more than a dozen albums in a career that spanned more than 50 years, releasing his last, Restless Heart, in 2013
Born into a musical family in India, Sarstedt was one of three brothers who all enjoyed success in the UK singles chart.
His older sibling, Richard Sarstedt, who performed under the stage name Eden Kane, also topped the charts with Well I ask You in 1961, while younger brother Clive, performing under the name Robin Sarstedt, reached number three in 1976 with My Resistance is Low.
Sarstedt's music reached new audiences when Where do you go to my Lovely? was included in the Wes Anderson films Hotel Chevalier and The Darjeeling Limited, which were both released in 2007.
According to his website, he retired in 2010 because of his illness - a rare, progressive neurological condition.
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Social media will be full of anguished souls out for karma
and then go and forget him forever
and then go and forget him forever
Is the song about Sophia Loren or not?
Wife always thought it was
Wife always thought it was
The song is about a fictional girl named Marie-Claire who grows up on the poverty-stricken backstreets of Naples to become a member of the jet set, and lives in Paris.
According to Alan Cooper: 'Sarstedt insisted it was not written with actress Sophia Loren in mind. "Yes, it's a portrait of a poor-born girl who becomes a member of the European jet-set. And yes, there's reference to her growing up on the 'back streets of Naples', so I can see why people may think it was written with Sophia Loren in mind. But that's just a co-incidence. I really wasn't thinking of anyone specific.
His older brother Eden Kane had a No 1 hit with "Well I Ask You.
Ooops, just noticed the reference to Eden Kane in the opening post.
I wonder if he made a good living out of that song? Or did it drive him to the edge of madness, and beyond, in his later years. Recall seeing some one-hit wonders in nightclubs and you could tell they loathed the bloody song. Ah well, better one great song than none. Tbh, it wasn't a great song, just memorable for its time.
And we are out of time.
And we are out of time.
I didn't recognise the name but remember the song well. Number 1 in 14 countries according to the BBC.
By all accounts it's amazing the royalties one can make from even one hit.
By all accounts it's amazing the royalties one can make from even one hit.
The "lovely" woman of the title wrote a follow up called, "Fook off, It's None Of Yer Business (Where I Go)" but it failed to chart.
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