Gilles Vigneault is a Canadian French-speaking poet, publisher and singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 is Jacques Brel's first live album. Also known as A L'Olympia, the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay.
Pierre Bachelet was a French singer-songwriter with a gentle romantic voice.
Clément Janequin was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development of the Parisian chanson, especially the programmatic type. The wide spread of his fame was made possible by the concurrent development of music printing.
Gilles Marchal, born Gilles Pastre, was a French songwriter and singer who reached the height of his career during the 1970s.
Hugues Jean Marie Auffray, better known as Hugues Aufray, is a French singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Robert Goldman is a French songwriter. He was born in Paris, France, the son of Alter Mojze Goldman and Ruth Ambrunn who were Jewish French resistance fighters during the Second World War. He is the younger brother of Jean-Jacques Goldman and half-brother of Pierre Goldman.
Born in Québec City, Diane Tell entered the Val d’Or conservatory at the age of six. She continued her studies at the Montréal conservatory and then at CEGEP Saint-Laurent and she wrote her first songs at the age of twelve. As one of Québec’s pioneering female singer-songwriters, she proposed her personal repertoire over the course of her first four albums. She won six Félix prizes before the age of 25: breakout artist, best artist, best album, best song and, twice, songwriter of the year. Several of her songs have become SOCAN Classics and Si j’étais un homme was inducted in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017. She earned a MIDEM Award for her album Chimères and a Victoire Award for her album Faire à nouveau connaissance. In 1990, she was chosen by Plamondon, Berger and Savary to play a leading role in the musical La légende de Jimmy. That wonderful experience was followed up by another musical, Marilyn Montreuil, written and stage directed by Jérôme Savary and the Théâtre National du Chaillot, in Paris. Diane Tell played the leading role and composed the show’s score. Over 300 performances of both shows were presented in France and Europe. Over the past 25 years, Diane has toured relentlessly, written, composed and recorded in Canada, France, the U.K. and Switzerland. In 2018, she will produce her 15th studio album of original material in Montréal. As an independent artist, she owns the phonographic rights of her entire catalogue, she manages her own publishing company as well as producing and financing her albums herself. Also a photographer, she directs the majority of her music videos. Her YouTube channel actually gets 400,000 views per month on average. In her blog Diane Cause Musique, she engages up-and-coming artists by explaining the inner workings of the music industry.
"Ne me quitte pas" is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known adaptation, with English lyrics by Rod McKuen, is "If You Go Away".
Claude Dhotel, better known by his stage name C. Jérôme, was a French singer.
Colette Renard born Colette Lucie Raget, was a French actress and singer. Renard is closely associated with the titular character from the musical Irma La Douce, a role she played for over a decade.
Infiniment (Infinitely) is a 2-CD compilation of Jacques Brel's best known songs. This compilation of remastered songs also contains 5 unpublished titles from the recording session of the album Les Marquises: "La cathédrale", "L'amour est mort", "Mai 40", "Avec élégance", and "Sans exigences". A booklet is included with the lyrics of the 5 new titles. Infiniment was released on 30 September 2003 to mark the 25th anniversary of Brel's death.
Hollywood Girls : Une nouvelle vie en Californie, or simply Hollywood Girls, is a French soap opera shown on NRJ12.
L'Indigné is a 20-CD box set compilation of the recorded studio albums of Léo Ferré for Barclay Records between 1960 and 1974. The limited edition box set was released to mark the 20th anniversary of Ferré's death. The box set brings for the first time together 18 albums remastered from the original records. Live albums and lyrics are not included.
Lys Gauty was a French cabaret singer and actress. Her most significant work came in the 1930s and 1940s as Gauty appeared in film, and recorded her best-known song, "Le Chaland Qui Passe", which is an interpretation of an Italian composition.
