Danyel Gérard

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-03-07 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Danyel Gérard

Biography

Danyel Gérard (born Gérard Daniel Kherlakian; 7 March 1939) is a French pop singer and composer. Gérard was born in Paris, France to an Armenian father and an Corsican mother, but grew up mainly in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. In 1953, he returned to Paris and became a choir boy at Notre Dame. Following this he played in the rock and roll band The Dangers. In 1958 he made his first recordings: "Viens" (a cover of the Kalin Twins' hit "When") and "D'où reviens-tu Billy Boy" (adapted from Dorothy Collins' "Where Have You Been, Billy Boy"), making one of the first young French singers to successfully sing rock and roll (his only rivals at this st...

Acting

1967

The Ponies

as Danyel Gérard

Production

1963

L'inconnue de Hong Kong

as Original Music Composer

1967

The Ponies

as Original Music Composer

1964

In the Affirmative

as Original Music Composer

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