Pascal Danel (born March 31, 1944 in Paris, France) is a French pop singer and composer. 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 "La Plage aux Romantiques", a gold disc in 1966, followed in 1967 by the international success of "Kilimandjaro", a platinum and number 1 single, recorded by Danel in 6 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'Antbes song festival singing "Tor Ame".[1]
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.
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.
In 2007, he duets on his son's Top 10 album for an instrumental guitar version of "While my guitar gently weeps", which will be a Top 30 hit single in 2009, when released as a single from Jean-Pierre Danel's best of. .
Between 2007 and 2009, Pascal is one of the few members of a major two years and a half long nostalgic tour, along with some icons of the 60s, playing sold out concerts in the biggest French concert halls. The tour sold 1 750 000 tickets.
