J. J. Lionel
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jean-Jacques Blairon |
| Born | 9 August 1947 Binche, Belgium |
| Died | 14 July 2020 (aged 72) Comines-Warneton, Belgium |
| Genres | Alternative rock, rock and roll, gospel, Blues |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Bass |
| Years active | 1970–2020 |
| Formerly of | Wallace Collection |
Jean-Jacques Blairon (9 August 1947 – 14 July 2020)[1] was a Belgian musician active in the 1980s under the name J. J. Lionel.[2]
He is best known for La Danse des canards, released in 1981. This version became the best-selling French-language song in France in the 1980s.[3] It appeared in the 1983 Guinness Book of Records with 2,500,000 copies sold. Thirty years after the song's release, this amount had risen to 3.5 million.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Triste nouvelle: J.J. Lionel, l’interprète de la «Danse des canards», est décédé (in French)
- ^ "J.J. Lionel – artiste – sa discographie sur B&M". Bide-et-musique.com. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "Inusable « Danse des canards »". leparisien.fr (in French). 1 August 2012.
- ^ "La Danse des canards a 30 ans". rtbf.be (in French). 20 May 2011.
External links
[edit]- Profile, dailymotion.com; accessed 15 July 2020.
- J. J. Lionel discography at Discogs
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