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Rick Allison
Rick Allison (real name: ''Éric Vleminckx'', born July 17, 1964, in Brussels) is a Belgian-born Canadian singer, author and record producer. Biography In 1990, Allison met singer Lara Fabian in a piano-bar in Brussels. They started writing their first songs together and went to Montréal in 1991 to work on Fabian's first album. This record came out in 1991 in Canada and was a huge commercial success. Allison produced Fabian's following francophone albums '' Carpe Diem'', ''Pure'' and '' Nue'', all of which performed very well and spawned several hit singles in Canada and French-speaking Europe. He also worked on her first English-language album ''Lara Fabian''. For the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002, Allison wrote the music for the French entry, "Il faut du temps" by Sandrine François. That same year, he contributed three songs on Johnny Hallyday's album ''À la vie, à la mort'', including the single ''Pense à moi''. Allison had another major success when he produced Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Allison
Rick Allison (real name: ''Éric Vleminckx'', born July 17, 1964, in Brussels) is a Belgian-born Canadian singer, author and record producer. Biography In 1990, Allison met singer Lara Fabian in a piano-bar in Brussels. They started writing their first songs together and went to Montréal in 1991 to work on Fabian's first album. This record came out in 1991 in Canada and was a huge commercial success. Allison produced Fabian's following francophone albums '' Carpe Diem'', ''Pure'' and '' Nue'', all of which performed very well and spawned several hit singles in Canada and French-speaking Europe. He also worked on her first English-language album ''Lara Fabian''. For the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002, Allison wrote the music for the French entry, "Il faut du temps" by Sandrine François. That same year, he contributed three songs on Johnny Hallyday's album ''À la vie, à la mort'', including the single ''Pense à moi''. Allison had another major success when he produced Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Zenatti
Julie Zenatti (born 5 February 1981) is a French singer. She first played the role of Fleur-de-Lys and later Esmeralda on stage for the musical ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. Personal life Zenatti was born in 1981 in Paris. She is of Algerian, Italian and Jewish descent. Her father is an accomplished amateur pianist, and used to accompany her singing on the piano. Zenatti was involved with ''Notre-Dame de Paris'' co-star Patrick Fiori from 2002 to 2006 and the pair were engaged for two years. In 2009, she served as a judge on the reality competition ''X Factor'' France. Discography Albums ;Studio albums ;Live albums Singles *Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Featured in *2007: "Pour que tu sois libre (La rose Marie Claire)" (Leslie / Anggun / Jennifer Mc Cray / Natasha St Pier / Elisa Tovati Elisa Tovati born Elisa Touati is a French singer, actress and television personality. Early years Elisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roch Voisine
Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, (born 26 March 1963) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host who lives in Montreal and Paris. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1994. In 1997, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Beginnings Born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, he grew up in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick and later moved to Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec when he was 12. Voisine studied at École technique des métiers de Lauzon in Lévis (today Guillaume-Couture Secondary School) and at Polyvalente de Lévis (today École Pointe-Lévy). Then he continued for 4 years at Cégep Limoilou. He attended the University of Ottawa where he graduated in 1985 with a degree in physiotherapy and played 4 seasons with the uOttawa Gee-Gees men's hockey team. Voisine aspired to be a professional ice hockey player. He had to set his plans aside when he was severely injured while pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Fiori
Patrick Fiori (; born Patrick Jean-François Chouchayan, 23 September 1969) is a French singer of Armenian descent. Biography Beginnings Fiori was born to a French-Armenian father (Jacques Chouchayan) and a Corsican mother (Marie Antoinette Fiori) in Marseille, France. His father's family were escapees of the Armenian genocide. He was born in a family of five siblings. He spent part of his childhood in Marseille south of France and part in Ajaccio in Corsica. He started music at the age of 12 in 1981 thanks to encouragement from Franck Fernandel, who offered him a role in the musical ''La Légende des santonniers''. In 1985, at the age of 16, he recorded his first song "Stéphanie" with financing from his parents followed by other recordings like "Dans ton regard" and "Le Cœur à fleur d'amour". Original successes, until 1993 Taking part in Léon Zitrone's show ''Les Habits du dimanche'' gave him more exposure. In 1987 he opened for singer Gilbert Montagné for a number of sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Martinez
Nancy Martinez (born 1961) is a Canadian/Hispanic dance-pop singer and musician who is primarily known for her 1986 hits "For Tonight" and "Move Out". Early life Nancy Martinez grew up in the Rosemount neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec to a Spanish father and mother of Welsh and English descent. She studied piano as a child. During 1980-81 she toured with Quebec recording artist Chatelaine ("Take Me") as well as touring and doing studio work with René Simard and Nathalie Simard, disco sensation Kat Mandu ("The Break"), and others. "Nancy Martinez" ''AllMusic'' Biography by Alex Henderson Career She released fourHi-NRG
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SOCAN
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects license fees through a music licensing program approved by the Copyright Board of Canada. History SOCAN is a result of a merger that took place in 1990 between the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC) and the Performing Rights Organization of Canada (PROCAN). In 2013, Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. initiated an online musical instrument insurance program for members of various Canadian music associations, including SOCAN. In May 2016, SOCAN acquired the Seattle-based company Medianet Digital for an undisclosed amount; the organization planned to leverage the company's software and database of rights metadata to assist in the calculation and distribution of royalties for works on digital music streaming servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magalie Vaé
Magalie Vaé is the stage name of Magalie Bonneau, a French singer born on 6 January 1987 in Gonesse (Val-d'Oise). She was the winner of the fifth series of the French Star Academy TV talent show. Biography Vaé grew up in Le Thillay, in Val-d'Oise. In September 2005, she was selected to participate to Star Academy France. Four months later she ended up winning one million euros and a record deal to release her debut studio album. On 6 February 2006, Magalie went to Canada to record her album, produced by Rick Allison. The first single, ''Je ne suis qu'une chanson'' (''I am but a song'') was released a month later. Her self-titled album was released on 3 April 2006 to generally positive reviews. In 2009 the French press reported that Magalie's second album had been recorded for over a year but got pushed back due to contractual disagreements with Universal Music Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Niclo
Vincent Niclo (born in Paris on 6 January 1975) is a French pop opera tenor singer. Musical theatre Vincent Niclo comes from a family of artists and was interested in theatre and took courses at the Cours Florent acting school particularly with Raymond Acquaviva. He also followed courses at Simon, trained at Actor Studio, and studied modern dance. His first role in theatre was in ''Renaître à Bogota'', a play by Marthe Vandenberg. He also acted in a number of television films and series like ''Sous le soleil'', ''Extrême Limite'', ''Nestor Burma'' and a role in cinema in ''Place Vendôme'' directed by Nicole Garcia. After meeting Thierry Dran at the Paris Opera, he furthered his singing techniques and ended with a role in the musical ''Titanic'' in its French version where he played Jim Farrel, followed by other roles in musicals ''Tristan and Iseult'' playing Tristan, double roles as Romeo in '' Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour'' and as Rhett Butler in '' Autant e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Quilico
Gino Quilico OC (born April 29, 1955) is a Canadian operatic baritone. Quilico was born in Flushing, New York City in 1955, the son of baritone Louis Quilico and pianist Lina Pizzolongo. He studied at the University of Toronto Opera School from 1976 to 1978, making his operatic debut as Mr. Gobineau in Giancarlo Menotti's ''The Medium''. He performed with the Canadian Opera Company in 1977 and 1979. Quilico continued his studies at the Ecole d'art lyrique of the Paris Opera in 1979–80, then began an international career with performances at the Paris Opera, Covent Garden in London, La Scala in Milan, and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. At the Metropolitan Opera he created the role of Figaro in The Ghosts of Versailles by John Corigliano in 1991. Quilico was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1992. In 1996, he received the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for his recording of ''Les Troyens'' by Hector Berlioz with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra The Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (; short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''The New York Times'' as "Wikipedia-like". While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats. History Discogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel. It was originally started from a computer in Lewandowski's closet and was limited to electronic music. By 2015, Discogs had 37 employees, 3 million users, and a monthly traffic of 20 million visits. In late 2005, the Discogs marketplace was launched. In July 2007, a new subscription-based system for sellers was introduced on the site, called ''Market Price History''. It gave premium users access to the past price items that were sold for up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Sardou
Michel Charles Sardou (; born 26 January 1947) is a French singer and occasional actor. He is known not only for his love songs ("La maladie d'amour", "Je vais t'aimer"), but also for songs dealing with various social and political issues, such as the rights of women in Islamic countries ("Musulmanes"), clerical celibacy ("Le curé"), colonialism ("Le temps des colonies", "Ils ont le pétrole mais c'est tout") or the death penalty ("Je suis pour"). Another sometimes controversial theme found in some of his songs ("Les Ricains" and "Monsieur le Président de France" for example) is his respect and support for the culture and foreign policies of the United States of America. He has been accused of being a racist due to his 1976 song "Le temps des colonies", in which a former colonial soldier proudly tells his memories of colonialism, but Sardou has always claimed the song was sarcastic. His 1981 single "Les lacs du Connemara" was an international hit (especially in the Netherland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dis-moi Que Tu M'aimes
''Dis-moi que tu m'aimes'' is a French film directed by Michel Boisrond, released in 1974. Synopsis Two wives (one a housewife and the other a decorator) throw their husbands (businessmen Daniel Ceccaldi and Jean-Pierre Marielle) out. The men are initially delighted to return to bachelorhood. One man leaves the city to breed sheep in the countryside and the other finds love with another man. Details * Title : ''Dis-moi que tu m'aimes'' * Director : Michel Boisrond * Writers : Annette Wademant and Michel Boisrond * Cinematography : Daniel Gaudry * Cameraman : Jean-Paul Cornu * Editor : Renée Lichtig * Music : Claude Bolling * Sound : Bernard Ortion * Produce : Gérard Beytout (co-production Franco Film - S.N.C. - Mannic Film) * Distributor : S.N.C. * Length : 115 minutes * Release date : 12 December 1974 Starring * Mireille Darc : Victoire Danois * Marie-José Nat : Charlotte Le Royer * Jean-Pierre Marielle : Richard le Royer * Daniel Ceccaldi : Bertrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
