Anne Renée (born Manon Kirouac; August 24, 1950) is a Canadian pop singer who rose to fame in
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
in the 1970s.
Biography
Anne Renée was born in
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Can ...
. In 1964, she released her debut song under her real name, Manon Kirouac. She had some success on discs and pursued her career in music until 1968, when she decided to complete her education. Later she started using her pop song name Anne Renee. Her friend, singer Johnny Farago, introduced her to producer
Guy Cloutier, who took her under his wing. She became one of the most popular female singers in Quebec with hits like "Un amour d'adolescent" (a translation of a
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song) and "On trouve l'amour" (by the composer François Bernard of
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 175,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collect ...
). It was around this time that she fell in love with Cloutier's partner,
René Angélil
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Early life
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, whom she married in 1973, and with whom she had two children. Her musical career ended in 1979. She worked for two years as host and singer on the show ''Les Tannants,'' with Pierre Marcotte.
She permanently left the art scene after that. In 1986, she divorced Angélil and moved to California.
Discography
45 rpm records
Under the name Manon Kirouac
* 1965 – ''Ding dong'' / ''Ta vallée lointaine''
* 1966 – ''C'est le temps de l'école'' / ''Il y avait la lune''
* 1966 – ''Je veux chanter'' / ''Danser le sloopy''
* 1967 – ''L'école à gogo'' / ''Si vous connaissez quelque chose de pire qu'un vampire''
* 1967 – ''Les filles'' / ''Mon cœur n'est pas à vendre''
* 1968 – ''Le mariage'' / ''La première valse''
* 1969 – ''Je suis ton amie'' / ''Une fille et un garçon'' (avec Gilles Rousseau)
Under the name Anne Renée
* 1970 – ''Le jonc d'amitié'' / ''Pas de mariage''
* 1971 – ''Un jour, l'amour viendra'' / ''Toute petite''
* 1971 – ''Qu'il est pénible d'aimer'' / Instrumental
* 1971 – ''Dis-moi, maman'' / ''Puisqu'il faut se quitter''
* 1972 – ''Un amour d'adolescent'' / ''Toi et moi''
* 1972 – ''Vacances d'été'' / ''L'été sur la plage'' (with Johnny Farago)
* 1972 – ''L'été est là'' / ''Copacabana'' (with Johnny Farago, Patrick Zabé,
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Early life
Simard was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec.
Career
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and Gilles Girard)
* 1972 – ''On trouve l'amour'' / ''Pancho'' (by SOCAN composer François Bernard)
* 1972 – ''Pour la première fois, Noël sera gris'' /''Noël blanc''
* 1973 – ''Symphonie d'amour'' / ''Pedro Gomez (by SOCAN composer François Bernard)''
* 1973 – ''Symphonie d'amour'' / Instrumental
* 1973 – ''Quand j'étais une enfant'' / ''Tu ne sais pas ce qu'est l'amour''
* 1973 – ''Ça nous fait pleurer'' / ''Aujourd'hui''
* 1974 – ''Il est là, mon enfant'' / ''Sur le bord de ma tasse de café''
* 1974 – ''Je veux savoir'' / ''Aujourd'hui''
* 1974 – ''Une nuit dans tes bras'' / ''Aujourd'hui''
* 1975 – ''Le docteur m'a dit'' / ''Toute petite''
* 1975 – ''Un jeu d'fou'' / ''Sur le bord de ma tasse de café''
* 1976 – ''Embrasse-le'' / Instrumental
* 1976 – ''Hasta Manana'' / ''Aujourd'hui''
* 1977 – ''Une dose de rock'n roll'' / ''Aujourd'hui c'est ta fête''
* 1977 – ''Tu remplis ma vie'' / ''Une dose de rock'n roll''
* 1978 – ''Je ne sais pas'' / Instrumental
33 rpm records on CD
* 1972 – ''Cadeau de Noël''
* 1972 – ''Un amour d'adolescent''
* 1973 – ''Quand j'étais une enfant''
* 1980 – ''Anne Renée''
* 2000 – ''Anne Renée: Un amour d'adolescent'' (compilation)
References
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1950 births
Living people
Musicians from Quebec
People from Laval, Quebec
Francophone Quebec people
French-language singers of Canada
Canadian expatriates in the United States