Nuance (Canadian band)

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Nuance
Origin Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Genres pop rock
Years active1975-aft. 1988
Past membersSandra Dorion
Denis Lalonde
Mario Dubé
Mario Laniel
Daniel King

Nuance was a Canadian rock band from Gatineau, Quebec, best known for their hit single "Vivre dans la nuit". [1]

History

Formed in 1975 by guitarist Denis Lalonde, keyboardist Mario Dubé, bassist Mario Laniel and drummer Daniel King, [2] the band began achieving wider success after singer Sandra Dorion joined in 1983. [2] They had their first significant hit with "Amour sans romance" in 1985, and "Vivre dans la nuit", their most successful single, was its followup. [2] [3] Both singles were featured on the album Vivre dans la nuit (1986). [2]

The band received two Juno Award nominations at the Juno Awards of 1987, for Most Promising Group and Single of the Year for "Vivre dans la nuit". [4] They also won two Prix Félix in the same era, for Discovery of the Year in 1986 [5] [6] and Best-Selling Single of the Year for "Vivre dans la nuit" in 1987. [2]

They followed up with À suivre, an album of covers of Quebec pop and rock classics by Offenbach, Beau Dommage, Robert Charlebois, Michel Pagliaro and Serge Fiori, in 1987. [2] The album was credited to Nuance & Sandra. [2] Their third and final album, Journal intime, was released in 1988. [2]

Following the band's breakup, Luc Plamondon solicited Dorion to appear in a production of Starmania , and Cirque du Soleil invited her to sing the theme song for Alegría , although she refused both offers. [7] She released her debut solo album, Telle quelle, in 2011. [7]

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References

  1. "Nuance band just ordinary folks - with extraordinary success". Montreal Gazette , April 25, 1987.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nuance at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. "«J’ai dit non à Starmania et Alegria»". Journal de Montreal, Raphaël Gendron-Martin, 10 June 2017
  4. "The 1987 Juno Award nominees". Toronto Star , October 30, 1987.
  5. "4 Felixes Go to St. Clair". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 15 November 1986. p. 78. ISSN   0006-2510.
  6. "Le Group Nuance à Mathieu-Martin". L Front, March 30, 1987. page 8 by Andrée Laurier
  7. 1 2 "Sandra Dorion ne vit plus «dans la nuit»". La Presse , November 24, 2011.