Pascal Danel
The singer Pascal Danel is associated with two of France's greatest hits of the
1960s, "La Plage aux romantiques" and "Kilimandjaro". Real name Jean-Jacques
Pascal Buttafoco, the Corsican-born singer was born in Paris on March 31, 1944,
and grew up in Dijon. He was interested in acrobatics, which he practiced on a
motorcycle until an accident led him to music. After learning to play guitar and
piano during his convalescence, he joined the rock band Les Panthères in 1962,
then wrote his first songs to launch a solo career. He took his artist's name
from the hamlet where he went to...
