His other hits included "La Ronde" (The Round) and "Nous n'étions pas pareils" (We Weren't Alike).

Upon Piaf's death, French law transferred her seven million francs' worth of debts directly to Sarapo.

Sarapo, who was 34 at the time, died in a hospital in Limoges, France, after an automobile accident on 28 August 1970 in the nearby town of Panazol on road RN 141.

Sarapo was the last in a long line of Piaf discoveries (including Yves Montand, Les Compagnons de la chanson, Georges Moustaki, Charles Aznavour, etc.).

His stage name "Sarapo", as pronounced in French, is Greek for "I love you" (Σ'αγαπώ, s'agapo) and was chosen by Piaf herself.