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Raymond Lefèvre was a French easy listening orchestra leader, arranger, and composer, born on November 20, 1929, in Calais, France. He began his professional musical education at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 17. In the early 1950s, he was a jazz pianist in a trio and made his first steps in the music industry as a pianist. He also played in an orchestra and released his debut album in 1956. Lefèvre gained prominence through his work on French television programs such as Musicorama in the 1950s and Palmarés des Chansons in the mid-1960s, where he accompanied famous artists. He conducted entries at the Eurovision Song Contest four times (1961, 1962, 1963, and 1970). His biggest international hit was "Soul Coaxing" in 1968, and he also achieved success with "The Day the Rains Came" in the US in 1958 and "La Reine de Saba" in Japan in 1969. He was married and had two sons. Lefèvre passed away on June 27, 2008, in Seine-Port.

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