Raymond Lefèvre

French easy listening orchestra leader, arranger and composer. He often wrote the soundtracks of the Louis De Funès movies.

Born November 20, 1929, Calais, , died June 27, 2008, in Seine-Port.

He started his professional musical education when he was 17 years old at the Paris Conservatory. At the beginnig of the 50s he was a jazz pianist in a trio with Richard Anthony. Lefèvre conducted entries four times at the Eurovision Song Contest (1961, 1962, 1963 & 1970). His biggest international hit was "Soul Coaxing" in 1968, he also had succes with "The Day the Rains Came" in the US (1958) and "La Reine de Saba" in Japan (1969).
He was married and father of 2 sons, Jean-Michel Lefèvre.