Robert Charlebois, OC, OQ (born June 25, 1944) is a Québecois author, composer, musician, performer and actor. Robert Charlebois 1972 A square

Charlebois was born in

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. Among his best known songs are ''Lindberg'' (the duo with Louise Forestier 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

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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 Festival Express train tour in Canada, but did not appear on the documentary film. In 1968, he had an acting role in

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'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

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film ''

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''. 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

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. *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

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, Claude Gauthier *'' Je T'aimerai Toujours'' (1969; TV Movie) *''Two Women in Gold (Deux Femmes en or)'' (1970) by Claude Fournier, with

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, Louise Turcot *''

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'' (1975) by

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, with

*''

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'' (1975) by

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, with

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*' (1983) by Charles Nemes, with

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*' (1986) by

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, with

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*'' C.R.A.Z.Y.'' (2004) by

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, with Michel Côté and

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*'' Gabrielle'' (2013) by

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, with

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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

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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

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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