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The single was the most successful single in Canada in 1967, selling a then unprecedented 270,000 copies. [3] It was No. 1 for 2 weeks on the RPM Top 100 Singles in Canada, in April 1967. [4] In 1971, Gimby donated all royalties to the Boy Scouts of Canada, but the song only earned one cent per airplay, which is one of the lowest rates in the ...
This is a list of films produced and co-produced in Quebec, Canada ordered by year of release. Although the majority of Quebec films are produced in French due to Quebec's predominantly francophone population, a number of English language films are also produced in the province.
Gilles Vigneault GOQ (French pronunciation: [ʒil viɲo]; born 27 October 1928) is a Canadian [1] poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. ...
Each song is inspired by his travels through Canada, ordered geographically from east ("Ballad to the East," about the Maritimes) to west ("Land of the Misty Giants," the Rockies). Peterson described the album as "my musical portrait of the Canada I love." [21] Canadiana Suite was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.
"Un Canadien errant" ("A Wandering Canadian") is a song written in 1842 by Antoine Gérin-Lajoie after the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–38. Some of the rebels were condemned to death, others forced into exile to the United States [n 1] [1] and as far as Australia.
April 9, 1931: L'ouvrage aux Canadiens and La chanson du bavard. July 7, 1931: C'est la fille du vieux Roupi and Il va m'faire mourir c'gars-là. July 8, 1931: La côte Nord and Aux chauffeurs d'automobile. September 15, 1931: Ah! C'qu'il est slow 'Tit Joe, Chanson de la bourgeoise and Le commerçant des rues. October 8, 1931: Tit Noir a le mal ...
"Gens du pays" is a Quebecois song that has been called the unofficial national anthem of Quebec. [1] Written by poet and singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault, and with music co-written by Gaston Rochon, it was first performed by Vigneault on June 24, 1975 during a concert on Montreal's Mount Royal at that year's Fête nationale du Québec ceremony.
Raymond Lévesque (October 7, 1928 – February 15, 2021) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet from Quebec. [1] One of the pioneers of the chansonnier tradition in Quebec, [2] he was best known for writing "Quand les hommes vivront d'amour", one of the most famous pop standards in French-language popular music.