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Robert Charlebois, OC, OQ (born June 25, 1944) is a Québecois author, composer, musician, performer and actor. Charlebois was born in
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,
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. Among his best known songs are ''Lindberg'' (the duo with
Louise Forestier Louise Forestier (born Louise Belhumeur on August 10, 1942) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. Biography Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada, Forestier was trained in acting at the National Theatre School in Montreal, but it was as a ...
in particular), ''Ordinaire'', ''Les Ailes d'un Ange'' and ''Je reviendrai à Montréal''. His lyrics, often written in
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, are funny, relying upon plays on words. He won the Sopot International Song Festival in 1970. In 1970 he sang with Italian singer
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the Italian song ''La solitudine''. In the same year, he performed at the
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train tour in Canada, but did not appear on the documentary film. In 1968, he had an acting role in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's film '' Straight to the Heart (Jusqu'au cœur)''. He co-starred with
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, Miou-Miou and
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in the western '' Un genio, due compari, un pollo'' (''A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe'', 1975) as Steamengine Bill. Thirty-eight years later, Charlebois had a cameo as Jean-Seb Bigstone, the French-Canadian Broadway producer, in the 2012 Gad Elmaleh/ Sophie Marceau film '' Happiness Never Comes Alone''. The Quebec-based
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Unibroue was owned, in part, by Charlebois until it was purchased by
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in 2004 which in turn was bought by Japanese beer brewing giant Sapporo in 2006.


Honours

*In 1994, Charlebois received a
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for Lifetime Artistic Achievement for his contribution to music in Canada. *In 1999, he was appointed an Officer of the
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. In 2008, he was made an Officer of the
National Order of Quebec The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as ''l'Ordre national du Québec'', and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is an order of merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Gov ...
. *Charlebois was one of the four musicians who were pictured on the second series of the Canadian Recording Artist Series issued by Canada Post stamps on July 2, 2009. *On June 21, 2010, Charlebois received an
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http://archives.concordia.ca/charlebois Concordia University Records Management and Archives from
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in Montreal. In his acceptance speech he made the remark that this was the first post-secondary diploma he had received in his life.


Music in films

*'' Between Salt and Sweet Water (Entre la mer et l'eau douce)'' (1967) by
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, with Geneviève Bujold, Claude Gauthier *'' Je T'aimerai Toujours'' (1969; TV Movie) *''Two Women in Gold (Deux Femmes en or)'' (1970) by Claude Fournier, with Monique Mercure, Louise Turcot *'' A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe'' (1975) by
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, with
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,
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*'' L'Agression'' (1975) by Gérard Pirès, with
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,
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*' (1983) by Charles Nemes, with Thierry Lhermitte, Barbara Nielsen *' (1986) by
Michel Drach Michel Drach (18 October 1930 in Paris – 14 February 1990 in Paris) was a French film director, writer, producer and actor. Life and career Drach was born in Paris, France, the son of Yvonne (Vanderheym) and Maurice Drach. His family was Jewi ...
, with Carole Laure,
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*'' C.R.A.Z.Y.'' (2004) by
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, with Michel Côté and Marc-André Grondin *'' Gabrielle'' (2013) by Louise Archambault, with Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Alexandre Landry


Brief album discography

* 1965 – ''Volume 1'' * 1966 – ''Volume 2'' * 1967 – ''Demain l'hiver...'' * 1968 – '' Robert Charlebois avec Louise Forestier'' * 1969 – ''Québec Love'' * 1971 – ''Un gars ben ordinaire'' * 1971 – ''Le Mont Athos'' * 1972 – ''Fu Man Chu'' * 1973 – ''Solidaritude'' * 1974 – ''Je rêve à Rio'' * 1976 – ''Longue Distance'' * 1977 – ''Swing Charlebois Swing'' (featuring guitar by
Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity and satire of ...
on ''Petroleum'') * 1979 – ''Solide'' * 1981 – ''Heureux en amour?'' * 1983 – ''J't'aime comme un fou'' * 1985 – ''Super Position'' * 1988 – ''Dense'' * 1992 – ''Immensément'' * 1996 – ''Le Chanteur masqué'' * 2001 – ''Doux Sauvage'' * 2010 – ''Tout est bien''


References


External links

*
http://www.robertcharlebois.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Charlebois, Robert 1944 births Canadian rock singers Canadian singer-songwriters French Quebecers French-language singers of Canada Living people Officers of the National Order of Quebec Officers of the Order of Canada Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners Musicians from Montreal Sopot International Song Festival winners Félix Award winners 20th-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian male singers