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Jean-Pierre Ferland, OC CQ (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ fɛʁlɑ̃]; June 24, 1934 – April 27, 2024) was a Québécois singer and songwriter. He was noted for writing over 450 songs and releasing more than 30 albums. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007.
This is a list of singers, bands, composers and other musicians from the province of Quebec This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
As a cosmopolitan province, Quebec is a home to various genres of music, ranging from folk to hip hop.Music has played an important role in Quebecer culture. [1] [2] In the 1920s and 1930s, singer/songwriter Madam Bolduc performed comedic songs in a folk style with Irish influences.
Mary Rose-Anne Bolduc, born Travers, (June 4, 1894 – February 20, 1941) was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s, she was known as the Queen of Canadian Folk Singers. [1] [2] [3] Bolduc is often considered to be Quebec's first singer ...
Previously a full-time student, Tremblay abandoned his studies to devote himself to Les Cowboys Fringants, which became famous in Quebec in 1999. A true crowd leader, he gained favor with the Quebec public due to his lyricism and charisma. [4] Les Cowboys Fringants sold more than 1,300,000 albums in the French-speaking world in total. [5]
Plume Latraverse (born Michel Latraverse 11 May 1946) is a prolific singer, musician, songwriter and author from Quebec. At the end of the 1960s he formed a band named La Sainte Trinité with Pierrot le fou (Pierre Léger) and Pierre Landry. Then he formed a duo with Steve Faulkner (1972–1975).
She was top billed in 1992's Coyote, which was a major release in Quebec (released during her popularity as a singer, she was billed as simply Mitsou for this release). She wrote the song "Le Toucher" for the film The Bone Collector. [citation needed] In 2000, Mitsou joined C't’encore drôle, the morning show on Énergie 94.3 FM in Montreal ...
Dufresne was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She lived in Paris from 1965 to 1967 where she studied voice with Jean Lumière and dramatic art with Françoise Rosay . While there, she performed in noted boîtes à chansons such as l'Écluse , l'Échelle de Jacob , and le Caveau de la Bolée .