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. Born in Oran, Algeria, he moved as a child with his family to Casablanca, Morocco. 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. In 1960, he was discovered by Daniel Filipacchi of Decca Records, and recorded his first single, "Tu parles trop", a version of "You Talk Too Much". Arranged by Eddie Vartan, it was one of the first successful rock and roll records recorded in the French language. 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