Biography
Pascal Danel (born March 31, 1944 in Paris, France) is a French pop singer and composer. After two minor hits in 1964, he scored a N°1 hit single in France and various European countries with "La Plage aux Romantiques", a gold disc in 1966, followed in 1967 by the international success of "Kilimandjaro", a platinum and N°1 single, recorded by Danel in 6 languages. He then recorded many of his songs not only in French, but also in Italian, Spanish or Japanese, and toured internationally.
Many hits followed, including another N°1 with "Comme Une Enfant" and several Top 10 hits in the late 60's and 70's. Some other singles were nevertheless only minor hits.
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In 1979, "La Plage aux Romantiques" hit the Top 5 again, Danel toured again, and released a live album, as well as new songs.
Danel came back in the mid 80's as a successful TV producer, and hit the charts again in 1989 with a compilation produced by his son Jean-Pierre Danel, an acclaimed guitarist and producer, earning Danel another gold disc.
His last album with new material was published in 2000.
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