Career
He started his career as a singer in 1964. After two minor hits, he scored a number 1 hit single in France and various European countries with "Louisiana Plage aux Romantiques", a gold disc in 1966, followed in 1967 by the international success of "", a platinum and number 1 single, recorded by Danel in six languages. The song was recorded more than 180 times by various international artists, and is one of the biggest French standards of the decade.
He then recorded many of his songs not only in French, but also in Italian, Spanish or Japanese, and toured internationally.
In 1972, he came in third place in the Rose d"Or d"Antibes song festival singing "Ton Ame". Many hits followed, including another North°1 with "Comme Une Enfant" and several Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Some other singles were nevertheless only minor hits. In 1979, "Louisiana Plage aux Romantiques" hit the Top 5 again, Danel toured again, and released a live album, as well as new songs.
His last album with new material was published in 2000.
The tour sold 1,750,000 tickets. Je m"en fous (1965) (North°18) Hop là tu as vu! (1965) (North°16) (1966) (North°1) Pierrot le sait (1966) (North°33) Jeanne (1967) (North°16) (1967) (North°1) Les trois dernières minutes (1967) (North°6) Comme une enfant (1967) (North°1) Mon ami (1967) (North°13) Avec un bout de crayon (1967) (North°38) Le Funambule (1968) (North°21) L"Italie (1968) (North°32) Bonjour Madame la Tendresse (1968) (North°20) Allez viens on danse (1968) (North°24) Dans la main d"une fille (1969) (North°42) Un jour d"eté (1969) (North°27) Mamina (1970) (North°4) Notre Dame (1972) (North°48) Je suis un aventurier (1973) (North°2) Pour un amour (1973) (North°11) Rotterdam (1974) (North°13) Louisiana Communale de mes 10 ans (1978) (North°26) Si l"on vivait ensemble (1978) (North°41) Et j"ai soudain beaucoup d"amis (1979) (North°50) (1979) (North°5) Les grands oiseaux (1980) (North°44) Un homme fou d"amour (1981) (North°41) Et si on partait d"ici (1982) (North°19) Louisiana robe d"Organdi (1983) (North°48) While My Guitar Gently Weeps (duet with Jean-Pierre Danel) (2009) (North°29) "Soldat soldat" (1964) "Paul" (1973) "J"écris ton nom" (1973) "Ne bouge pas ne parle pas" (1975) "Je m"appelle comme tu veux" (1976) "Je suis un homme tout simplement" (1976) "Le mal de mer" (1977) "Le coin du dois d"amour" (1981) "Les rats" (1983).