J. J. Lionel Explained

Jean-Jacques Lionel
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Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Jean-Jacques Blairon
Birth Date:1947 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Binche, Belgium
Death Place:Comines-Warneton, Belgium
Genre:Alternative rock, rock and roll, gospel, Blues
Occupation:Singer
Instrument:Bass
Years Active:1970–2020
Past Member 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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.sudinfo.be/id221995/article/2020-07-15/triste-nouvelle-jj-lionel-linterprete-de-la-danse-des-canards-est-decede Triste nouvelle: J.J. Lionel, l’interprète de la «Danse des canards», est décédé
  2. Web site: J.J. Lionel – artiste – sa discographie sur B&M . Bide-et-musique.com . 2011-12-28.
  3. Web site: 1 August 2012 . Inusable « Danse des canards » . leparisien.fr . fr.
  4. Web site: 20 May 2011 . La Danse des canards a 30 ans . rtbf.be . fr.