Yves Lapierre (born 9 August 1946) is a Canadian composer, arranger, record producer, and singer. He began his career performing and recording with the folk vocal quartet Les Cailloux during the 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s he was highly active as a composer, arranger, and record producer for a large number of notable Canadian musicians. Some of his best known songs are ''Get That Ball'', ''Tout va trop vite'',
"Patsy Gallant hit ''Tout va trop vite'', music Yves Lapierre, lyrics Christine Charbonneau, (Lapierre first pop song that went on the charts, 2nd place for 14 weeks)" ''Le Désamour'', and ''Moi, de la tête aux pieds''. He also composed music for several

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television dramas; including the

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TV serials ''

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'' (1977–80) and ''L'Or et le papier'' (1988–89) and

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's ''La Bonne aventure''.

Early life

Born in

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, Lapierre is the grandnephew of composer

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. A graduate of the École de musique Vincent-d'Indy, he studied conducting and instrumentation with

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Career

He began his career as a founding member of the folk vocal quartet Les Cailloux, which he directed from 1963 to 1968. During that time the group he toured regularly throughout the Quebec region. They also embarked on an international tour in 1967, giving performances in Europe, Africa and Asia. The ensemble released two

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s with

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and two LPs with

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. The other members of the quartet included Jean Fortier, Jean-Pierre Goulet, and Robert Jourdain. In 1969, Lapierre began working as an arranger for the

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, making orchestral arrangements of popular music for their summer concert series into the 1970s. He also worked as a composer, arranger, and producer on recordings for a number of Canadian artists during the 1970s and 1980s, including Julie Arel,

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, and

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among others. He notably produced the majority of

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's records. He also worked as a music director for

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in 1976 and 1977 for the variety programs ''Monsieur B'' and ''L'Heure de pointe''. He also worked for the CBC as a composer of film and television scores for movies like

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's ''

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'' (1975) and

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's ''

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s for radio and television.

References

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