Danyel Gérard

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Danyel Gerard
Danyel Gerard in 1983
Danyel Gerard in 1983
Background information
Birth nameGérard Daniel Kherlakian
Born (1939-03-07) 7 March 1939 (age 85)
Paris, France
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, composer

Danyel Gérard (born Gérard Daniel Kherlakian; 7 March 1939) is a

French pop
singer and composer.

Life and work

Gérard was born in

Richard Anthony, Claude Piron (later better known as Danny Boy) and Gabriel Dalar), although his commercial impact was very limited; despite a latter-day, revisionist recasting of him as the French Elvis Presley,[2] he was nevertheless one of France's first rock stars.[3]

After cutting a further EP featuring a cover of

Richard Anthony, German-based star Caterina Valente, actress Marie Laforêt and Austrian singer Udo Jürgens
.

After enjoying a major hit with the French version of

gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America.[8] It has since become a pop standard, and was also used in the film The Mad Aunts Strike Out
.

After this brief success, he enjoyed several other European hits, including "Ti-laï-laï-laï (l'armenien)", which reflected his Armenian roots, but he never again recorded anything with the same impact as his breakthrough hit. Among the more interesting recordings from this period are his "Atmosphère" album, which included both "Butterfly" and the funky groover "Sexologie", and the follow-up, logically titled "Atmosphère 2", which featured the hit "D'Amérique au coeur du Japon", as well as the late seventies' "Gone With the Wind" album, which housed the nostalgic "Les temps changent". Alongside his own recordings, he continued to dedicate himself to composing music for other artists.

Gérard made a comeback to the live scene with a concert at the

The Third Man
.

Gérard enjoyed a further major hit in the French pop charts with "Mélodie mélodie", taken from his 1978 album of the same name. This led to various television and radio appearances in France and Germany. Following the Paris Olympia concert, he took the nucleus of the orchestra and formed a seven-piece band, Horde, with which he played a number of shows in Paris and the south of France in 1978 and 1979. He continued to record into the eighties before retiring into the shadows to enjoy the benefits of his not inconsiderable royalties.

Discography

Main article: Danyel Gérard discography

See also

References

  1. ISSN 0121-1617
    .
  2. ISBN 185973636X
    . Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  3. ISBN 978-1845450205
    . Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  4. ^ Boyer, Liliane (22 June 2007). "Danyel Gerard on stage at the Olympia June 23 in the Rock'n Roll Tour Generation" (in French). Senioractu. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  5. ^ Harold, Chuck (11 July 1972). "Danyel Gerard Goes From Folk to Soft Rock". The Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  6. ISBN 0-87930-808-7
    . Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  7. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (G)". rock.co.za. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  8. ISBN 0-214-20512-6
    .
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