Catherine - Daniele Vidal

Daniele Vidal was born on 27 June 1952. She 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. 

An EP of this song featured a cover version of the song 'Catherine', which was performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 by Romuald, who represented Luxembourg. That song was subsequently also released as a single in Japan. Although I am still looking for the original version by Romuald, I thought it would be nice to own this cover version. 

Daniele moved to Japan in the early 1970s and lived there for several years, while also releasing many singles over there. 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 later divorced. Vidal now lives in France.

My collection: 7" single no. 6449
Found: Discogs.com, received 9 September 2021
Cost: £2.99
Tracks: 'Catherine' / 'Je suis comme toutes les filles'