Fabienne Thibeault (born 16 June 1952 in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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) is a
French Canadian
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singer. She is particularly known for her role in
Starmania. Thibeault has released numerous albums over her career. She has been the recipient of two
Félix Awards.
History
She began her singing career at 21, placing third at the Festival international de la chanson de Granby in 1972. In 1973 she won the same competition. She then went on to touring and singing with other better known
Quebec
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artists, including
Plume Latraverse and Sylvain Lelièvre. She released her first album ''De laine et de bois'' (Of Wool and Wood) in 1976.
[
By 1972, she had caught the attention of producer ]Luc Plamondon
Luc Plamondon (born March 2, 1942) is a French Canadians, French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. His work includes the musicals Starmania (musical), ''Starmania'' and Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), ''Notre-Dame de Paris''.
He is the brot ...
. He asked Thibeault to join the cast of '' Starmania'', which he had written with Michel Berger
Michel Jean Hamburger (28 November 1947 – 2 August 1992), known professionally as Michel Berger, was a French singer and songwriter. He was a figure of France's pop music scene for two decades as a singer. As a songwriter he wrote for artists ...
, in the role of Marie-Jeanne. Thibeault toured with the show in Quebec and Europe, then on her own.Europe
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, along with marriage to French saxophone player Jean-Pierre Debarbat, led her to spend increasing amounts of time in France
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, where she now lives. In July 2001, Thibeault and her husband announced they were getting divorced. They promised, however, to continue their work together promoting rural life in the diverse regions of France where they live, and the preservation of agricultural traditions, through the various associations they have created.
Albums
* 1976: ''De laine et de bois'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1977: ''La vie d'astheure'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1977: ''Au doux milieu de nous – Fabienne Thibeault chante Gilles Vigneault'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1978: '' Starmania'' (Kébec Frog)
* 1980: ''Profil Vol. 1'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1980: ''Conversation'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1981: ''Fabienne Thibeault – Je suis née ce matin'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1981: ''Les plus belles chansons de Fabienne Thibeault'' (Warner Brothers)
* 1982: ''Le blues à Fabienne'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1982: ''Les chants aimés Vol. 1'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1983: ''Cœur voyageur'' (Les Disques Béluga)
* 1984: ''Les chants aimés Vol. 2'' (Les Disques Béluga)
* 1985: ''Profil Vol. 2'' (Kébec-Disc)
* 1987: ''Chaleur humaine'' (WEA - Warner)
* 1992: ''Les plus belles chansons – Double best-of album'' (Les Disques Béluga)
* 1992: ''Sur ma voie'' (duo with Jean-Pierre Debarbat) (PRO-Music)
* 1996: ''Martin de Touraine'' (duo with Jean-Pierre Debarbat) (Disques Vinci)
* 1998: ''Québécoise'' (Guy Cloutier Communications)
* 2000: ''Partag''e (Musisoft)
* 2002: ''Sélection "talents" '' (Warner Music France)
* 2004: ''Made in Québec'' (Sony Musique)
* 2006: ''Notre Terre'' (duo with Jean-Pierre Debarbat), an 8 CD "rural opera"
Contributions
* 1974: Plume Latraverse – ''Plume pou digne'' (Deram) – "Le gros flash mauve"
* 1975: Sylvain Lelièvre – ''Petit matin'' (Disques Le Nordet) – "Old Orchard"
* 1976: Sylvain Lelièvre – ''Programme doubl'' (Disques Presqu'île) – "Programme double", and "Chanson de Pierrot"
* 1976: Clan Murphy – ''Le cœur et la raison'' (Polydor) – "La moisson"
* 1979: Francis Lai – Movie soundtrack: ''À nous deux'' (Deram) – "À nous deux"
* 1980: ''Je vous entends chanter'' – Tribute album to Gilles Vigneault (Kébec-Disc)
* 1983: ''Abba Cada Bra'' – Musical tale by Swedish group ABBA (WEA – Warner) – "Délivrés", and "Imagine-toi"
* 1983: Yves Duteil – ''En concert à l'Olympia'' (Kébec-Disc) – "Je voudrais faire cette chanson"
* 1984: ''Ma première chanson'' – musical tale (Disques Girafe) – "La larme"
* 1985: ''Chanteurs sans frontières'' – Ethiopian relief benefit single(Pathé Marconi)
* 1985: Henri Salvador – ''Henri'' (EMI - Pathé Marconi) - "Moi j'prends mon temps"
* 1986: Richard Cocciante – ''L'homme qui vole'' (Virgin) – "Question de feeling"
* 1986: ''Bach et Bottine'' – Movie soundtrack (Disques Audiogram) – "Fais-moi voir", duo with Michel Rivard, and "Pourquoi ne pas parler d'amour?"
* 1986: ''La fugue du petit poucet'' – children's musical tale (Éditions du Petit Matin) – "D'accord, d'accord"
* 1995: Luc Plamondon
Luc Plamondon (born March 2, 1942) is a French Canadians, French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. His work includes the musicals Starmania (musical), ''Starmania'' and Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), ''Notre-Dame de Paris''.
He is the brot ...
''Les grandes chansons'' – Tribute album to Luc Plamondon (Productions Guy Cloutier) – "Ma mère chantait", and "Question de feeling", duo with Richard Cocciante
* 1996: ''Collection Atlas'' - Collection of French-language songs (Éditions Atlas Paris)
* 2003: ''Ils chantent Michel Berger
Michel Jean Hamburger (28 November 1947 – 2 August 1992), known professionally as Michel Berger, was a French singer and songwriter. He was a figure of France's pop music scene for two decades as a singer. As a songwriter he wrote for artists ...
'' – Tribute album to Michel Berger (Warner Music France) – "Le monde est stone"
See also
*List of Quebec musicians
This is a list of singers, bands, composers and other musicians from the province of Quebec.
Blues
* Garou (singer), Garou – also pop
* Okoumé (band), Okoumé – also néo-trad, rock and roll, rock and electronica
* Roxanne Potvin – sin ...
* Music of Quebec
*Culture of Quebec
The culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting predominantly from the shared history of the French-speaking North American majority in Quebec. Québécois culture, as a whole, constitutes all distinctive traits – spiri ...
References
Further reading
* Marie-Odile Vézina et Edward Rémy, ''Têtes d'affiche'', 1983, Éditions du Printemps.
* Rose-Marie Portelli, ''Fabienne Thibeault… Cœur voyageur'', 1984, Éditions Plasma, Paris.
* Robert Thérien et Isabelle D’Amours, ''Dictionnaire de la musique populaire au Québec de 1955 à 1992'', 1992, Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture, .
* Fabienne Thibeault, ''Mincir avec Fabienne Thibeault'', 1997, Éditions Michel Lafond.
* Marcel Brouillard, ''La chanson en héritage'', 1999, Les Éditions Québécor.
External links
Artist's personal website (French)
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1952 births
Living people
Canadian women pop singers
French-language singers of Canada
Singers from Montreal