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 Chimène Badi's debut album ''Entre nous'' in 2003. The single of the same name topped the French Singles Chart. Later on he worked with other young female singers, including Nolwenn Leroy, Julie Zenatti and Élodie Frégé.

In 2004, Allison and Fabian, who had been a couple in real life, broke up and also ended their professional relationship. This was followed by a series of legal battles over the use of the copyright of Fabian's songs. Allison also contributed five songs to Chimène Badi's hit album '' Dis-moi que tu m'aimes'' and worked on two songs Michel Sardou's album ''Du plaisir''.

Since, he has composed songs for several French and French-Canadian singers such as Gino Quilico, Vincent Niclo, Marc-André Fortin, Suzie Villeneuve and Magalie Vaé, for whom he produced the album ''Magalie'' in 2006.

In 2004, Allison won the International Achievement Award with co-writer Lara Fabian at the Francophone SOCAN Awards in Montreal.

* 1991: l' album éponyme of Lara Fabian released by Allison along with single ''Qui pense à l'amour?''
* 1993: ''Écris moi'' and ''Quelle heure est-il à Montréal'' in the album ''Pourquoi tu pars'' of Nancy Martinez
* 1995: Album ''Carpe Diem'' of Lara Fabian released by Allison
* 1996: Album ''Pure'' of Lara Fabian released by Allison along with singles ''Tout'', ''Humana'', ''Je t'aime'', ''Si tu m’aimes'' and ''La différence''
* 1998: Album ''Prends-moi'' of Patrick Fiori released by Allison along with singles ''Elle est'' and ''J’en ai mis du temps''
* 1999: Single ''De la peau'' for Sandy Valentino, written with Lara Fabian
* 1999: Album ''Lara Fabian Live''
* 1999: Album ''Chaque feu'' of Roch Voisine along with the single ''Et si''
* 2001: Album ''Nue'' of Lara Fabian released by Allison along with the singles ''J'y crois encore'', ''Immortelle'', ''Aimer déjà'' et ''Tu es mon autre''
* 2001: Duo ''Et maintenant'' by Lara Fabian and Florent Pagny for the album ''2'' of the last
* 2002: Music for the song ''Il faut du temps'' of Sandrine François, in collaboration with Patrick Bruel ( which has been the song for the contestant from France for the Eurovision song contest)
* 2002: Single ''Le jour J'' for Thibault Durand
* 2002: Six songs for the album ''Ange et étrange'' of Élisa Tovati including the music for the single ''J'avance'' (in collaboration with Pierre Ruben)
* 2002: Three songs for the album ''À la vie, à la mort'' of Johnny Hallyday including the single ''Pense à moi''
* 2003: Single ''Quelque chose pour quelqu’un'' of Damien Sargue
* 2003: Album '' Entre nous'' for Chimène Badi along with singles Entre nous and ''Si j'avais su t'aimer''
* 2003: Song ''Inévitablement'' for Nolwenn Leroy in her album '' Nolwenn''
* 2003: His own album ''Je suis un autre'' by Rick Allison
* 2004: Five songs in the album ''A Wonderful Life'' of Lara Fabian
* 2004: Song ''Moins de toi'' d'Élodie Frégé in her album éponyme
* 2004: Song ''L'âge que j'ai'' for Julie Zenatti in her album '' Comme vous''
* 2004: Song ''Dis-moi moi pourquoi'' d'Audrey de Montigny in his album ''Audrey''
* 2004: Songs ''La vie, la mort, etc.'' and ''J'aurais voulu t'aimer'' in the album ''Du plaisir'' of Michel Sardou
* 2004: Five songs in the album ''Dis-moi que tu m'aimes'' of Chimène Badi
* 2004: Album ''Un jour, une nuit'' of Gino Quilico
* 2005: Songs ''En toi'' and ''Si je te parle de moi'' in the album ''Non négociable'' of Marie Chantal Toupin
* 2006: Album ''Magalie'' of Magalie Vaé with the single ''Je ne suis qu'une chanson''
* 2006: Ten songs for the album ''Un nom sur mon visage'' of Vincent Niclo
* 2006: Song ''Je reviens sur terre'' in the album ''Mon cœur est une pomme'' of Ariane Gauthier
* 2007: Song ''Je demande à la vie'' in the eponymous album of Marc-André Fortin
* 2008: Eight songs for the eponymous album of Suzie Villeneuvebiographiesartistesquebecois.com
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* 2010: He releases the album Hit's Amore of Vincenzo Thoma also with the clip "Careless Whisper"
* 2012: His album "De l'interieur" includes his compositions which are more intimate
* 2014: He writes lyrics for the song "Le vent et le cri" on the music of Ennio Morricone performed by Romina Arena
* 2015: Producing and writing in collaboration the album of Lola Dargenti released in Canada in April, the single "La libertad" went into Top 5
* 2015: Released the single of Étienne Drapeau "Eres mi reina"
* 2016: He produce and writes two songs for the best-of by Marie-Chantal Toupin, "Merci" and "Derrière soi"
* 2017: He release the album "Una Via" of the Corsican band I Messageri in Bastia in the studio which he managed in the house he was staying in, instant success!
* 2017: He produces and writes the album of Fabrizio Zeva, Italo-belgian artist
* 2017: He produces and writes in collaboration an EP for the american artist, born in Ukraine Dina Layzis
* 2017: Starts the writing for the musical comedy "RISE" in collaboration with Thierry Sforza
* 2018: Song "L'âge que j'ai" with Didier Golemanas in reprise in the album of Petula Clark
* 2018: He released the song "Comme une évidence" for the duo Lynda Lemay and Jean-Charles Wery
* 2018: He released several songs for the new album of Ginette Reno

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Allison, Rick
1964 births
Belgian people of Russian descent
Belgian people of Irish descent
Belgian pop singers
Musicians from Brussels
Belgian emigrants to Canada
Living people