Michel Louvain

Michel Louvain (born Michel Poulin on July 12, 1937 in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a French Canadian singer most popular in the 60s and 70s among women. His first hit, "Buenas Noches Mi Amor", launched his career, and his biggest hits include "La Dame en Bleu" and "Je Déclare l'Amour au Monde Entier". He has also worked as a host for a varieties of shows on television and radio. In 1965 he was voted 'Mr. Radio–TV', French-Canada's top show business personality, at the Gala des Artistes.^[1]

In the next 20 years, thanks to his numerous recordings and to his work as host for a succession of CFTM-TV (Montreal) and Radio-Canada TV variety shows, Louvain was one of the reigning matinee idols of Quebec; his success was compared with that of Elvis Presley. His performances attracted mostly young female fans. He first performed in nightclubs, and, when his following grew more mature, in entertainment theaters. In the 1980s, he staged grandiose music-hall shows, with female dancers and scenery, at the Place des Arts and across Quebec, including 'Autour du monde' in 1984.

Discography

• 1958: Michel Louvain
• 1959: Ici Michel Louvain
• 1961: Après minuit
• 1962: Michel Louvain chante ses succès
• 1964: Michel
• 1965: Aloha
• 1965: Cœur à chœur
• 1966: Un peu de chanson
• 1967: Formi... formidable
• 1968: Souvenirs exotiques
• 1969: Michel Louvain chante Marie
• 1973: Ma vie, c'est l'amour
• 1974: La Grande kermesse western
• 1974: La Dame en bleu
• 1978: En spectacle au Grand Théâtre de Québec
• 1979: En harmonie
• 1979: Message d'amour et de paix
• 1980: Michel Louvain 1980
• 1982: Michel Louvain: 1957-1982
• 1984: Michel Louvain
• 1986: Il faut s'aimer
• 1988: Noël avec vous
• 1988: L'Amour sera toujours l'amour
• 1989: Romantique
• 1993: Je déclare l'amour
• 1997: La collection Michel Louvain - Les grands succès
• 2002: Les Grands Succès

References

1. ^ "French-Canadian show oo-la-la affair; Awards spark rhubarb". Billboard. 30 October 1965. p. 26. http://books.google.com/books?id=aSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&dq=%22Michel+Louvain%22&hl=en&ei=3x8YTIe3LNeLnAfzpqnVCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Michel%20Louvain%22&f=true. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 

External links

• Official Web Site
• The Canadian Encyclopedia

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