Robert Laforest (born September 5, 1942), known professionally as Michel Caron, is a French Canadian musician-keyboardist-singer. In his teenage years, he had singing classes with Lucille Dumont and later voice pitch classes with Eliane Catella.
He record his first disk, with the help of Pierre Nolès, under the label Carol containing the songs “Dis-moi” and “Je t'ai dit” in 1960. Unfortunately, Fleur de Lys company, the owner of Carol, went bankrupt.
At 17 years old, Michel meets Georges Tremblay and together they record a second disk with the record label company London. The disk contains “Tu ris de mes peines” and “Dany”. The third disk, also with London, contains “Auprès de toi” and “Une larme sur ta joue”.
In 1963, he makes the acquaintance of Michèle Richard and she introduced him to Russell Marois, the owner of Météor, a record label company based in Sherbrooke. He is put under contract with Météor to record 5 disks. Many of the recordings ( “Si j’avais un marteau”, “Une larme”, “Un jour”, “Après ton départ” and “Ma Vénus”) make it on the Quebecker songs chart.
In 1966, after the end of his contract with Météor, he signs another contract with Beaumont, a record label company. His first instrumental disk under Beaumont contains the hits “Hava nagila à go go” and “Minuit”. On this disk, Michel plays the organ. Later with his older sister, Claudette Henry, who is a singer-songwriter, he records a second disk containing “Ne t'en va pas” and “La chance me sourit”.
Michel takes part in many television shows at CHLT, a Sherbrooke TV station and also at Jeunesse d’aujourd’hui, a popular live music tv show with the hits of the week. He also performs in many performance halls and piano bars in the province of Quebec. [1]
Gilles Vigneault is a Québécois poet, publisher, 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, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Claude Antoine Marie François, also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d'habitude", the original version of "My Way" and composed the music of "Parce que je t'aime mon enfant", the original version of "My Boy". Among his other famous songs are "Le Téléphone Pleure", "Le lundi au soleil", "Magnolias for Ever" and "Alexandrie Alexandra". He also enjoyed considerable success with French-language versions of English-language songs, including "Belles! Belles! Belles!", "Cette année là" and "Je vais à Rio".
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