J. J. Lionel

Jean-Jacques Lionel
Background information
Birth nameJean-Jacques Blairon
Born(1947-08-09)9 August 1947
Binche, Belgium
Died14 July 2020(2020-07-14) (aged 72)
Comines-Warneton, Belgium
GenresAlternative rock, rock and roll, gospel, Blues
OccupationSinger
InstrumentBass
Years active1970–2020
Formerly ofWallace 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

  1. ^ Triste nouvelle: J.J. Lionel, l’interprète de la «Danse des canards», est décédé (in French)
  2. ^ "J.J. Lionel – artiste – sa discographie sur B&M". Bide-et-musique.com. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Inusable « Danse des canards »". leparisien.fr (in French). 1 August 2012.
  4. ^ "La Danse des canards a 30 ans". rtbf.be (in French). 20 May 2011.

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