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Danyel Gérard
A rock pioneer in France with his 1958 hit " D'où viens-tu Billy Boy? ", Danyel
Gérard was born in Paris on March 7, 1939, under the name Gérard Daniel
Kherlakian. Of Armenian origin on his father's side and Corsican on his
mother's, he grew up in Brazil and then France, where Nino Ferrer taught him to
play guitar. In September 1958, under the influence of American rock'n'roll, he
recorded his first single, featuring Boris Vian's adaptation of Jerry Lee
Lewis's "D'où viens-tu Billy Boy", the Kalin Twins' "When " and two of his own
compositions, including "Tais-toi". Before leavin...
