Pascal Danel
b. Jean-Jacques Pascal, 31 March 1944, Danel, France. Pascal absconded from his boarding school to join a circus as a trainee tightrope walker for which purpose he assumed his professional name. With various troupes, he toured Europe extensively until an accident while performing necessitated two months in hospital where he began writing songs. His residual injuries prevented a return to the high wire and he spent a period as a repertory actor before becoming a full-time composer and performance artist. Success was not immediate but after infiltrating the French hit parade with ‘Je M’en Fous’ in 1962, further entries such as ‘La Plage Aux Romantiques’ and ‘Hop La Tu As Vu’ demonstrated a gift for melody - though the quality of his lyrics was erratic. The climax of his chart run was with ‘Les Neiges Du Kilimandjaro’, a major hit throughout continental Europe. This provided Danel with a firm basis for a continued life as a travelling entertainer which, if low-key, has been devoid of serious personal traumas and adverse publicity.
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Discography
9 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Les neiges du Kilimandjaro
French Music - Released by Puzzle Productions on 1 Jan 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Le Meilleur De Pascal Danel
Pop - Released by Rendez-Vous Digital on 12 Apr 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pascal Danel - La plage aux romantiques
French Music - Released by Puzzle Productions on 1 Jan 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Le Cœur des Femmes
French Music - Released by Sterne on 15 Nov 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
7 merveilles de la musique: Pascal Danel
Pop - Released by Rendez-Vous Digital on 13 Aug 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Retour Aux Racines Corses
Pop - Released by Rendez-Vous Digital on 12 Apr 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kilimandjaro (Remaster 2024)
Miscellaneous - Released by Fonot Records on 24 Dec 1966
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Buttafoco, retour aux racines corses
French Music - Released by Puzzle Productions on 30 Sep 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo