Danièle Vidal (born 27 June 1952) is a French singer. She is best known in Japan for her career in the early 1970s.

Biography

Vidal was born in Morocco when it was a French colony. She debuted in 1969 at age seventeen with the record "Aime ceux qui t'aiment", a French-language cover of Edita Piekha's Russian song "Nash sosed" with different lyrics. "Aime ceux qui t'aiment" was released as "Tenshi no Rakugaki" in Japan.^[1]

Vidal released songs in French and Japanese. In the early 1970s she moved to Japan and lived there for several years. In 1980 Vidal married musician Shibata (Japanese name: 柴田功) of the Japanese group sounds band Chaco & Hell's Angel. They had one son and divorced. Vidal now lives in France. In 2018, she was called to Japan to sing for the Musée de la Chanson française [archive] and she received the prestigious Cerise prize for her entire career. In 2019 she met producer Yoshinaga, known as "Gitane", who offered her to record a record, with some of her old hits and new songs. The recording is done in Tokyo with jazz musicians and new arrangements for the titles "Les Champs-Élysées", "Aime those who love you", and two new releases "That's life" and "We two ”. The disc also includes a duet with James Onoda, singer of the group Kome Kome Club, on Dalida's famous song "Paroles".

Selected discography

• "Aime ceux qui t'aiment" / "Tenshi no Rakugaki" (Japanese title: 天使のらくがき)
• "Les Champs-Elysées"
• "Ciao bella ciao"
• "Pinocchio"
• Catherine (Japanese title: カトリーヌ)

References

External links

• Daniele Vidal - partial discography