Frankie Jordan

Claude Benzaquen (born 19 July 1938), known during his music career as Frankie Jordan, is a French former rock and roll singer, later a dentist.

He developed a love for jazz and blues music, and began playing piano in clubs in the style of Fats Domino, while studying to become a dentist.

He followed it up with "Dieu merci elle m'aime aussi", a version of Ray Charles' song "Hallelujah I Love Her So".

In February 1961 he appeared with Johnny Hallyday and Les Chaussettes Noires at the first international rock and roll festival held in Paris, at the Palais des Sports, which also featured Little Tony, Emile Ford, and Bobby Rydell.

[1][2][3][4] Throughout his relatively short career as a pop singer, Jordan maintained his studies, and in 1962 graduated with a dentistry qualification.