| Intro | Canadian singer | ||
| A.K.A. | Michel Poulin | ||
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Television presenter Singer |
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| From | Canada | ||
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Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music |
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| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 12 July 1937, Thetford Mines, Canada | ||
| Age: | 83 years | ||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||
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Michel Louvain (July 12, 1937) is a French Canadian singer most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He recorded many hit songs, and also worked as a host for a variety 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.
Early life
Louvain was born Michel Poulin in Thetford Mines, Quebec.
Career
In the 1960s Louvain was signed to Apex Records. His first hit was “Buenas Noches Mi Amor”. Over the next 20 years, Louvain made many recordings, including the hit songs “La Dame en bleu” and “Je déclare l’amour au monde entier”. His recordings in French were sold internationally in Belgium.
Louvain was the host of a succession of CFTM-TV (Montreal) and Radio-Canada TV variety shows. His performances attracted mostly young female fans. He first performed in nightclubs, and, when his following grew more mature, in entertainment theatres. 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.
He was the subject of a documentary film by Claude Demers, entitled Les dames en bleu.
He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015. In 2017, as a celebration of his 80th birthday, Louvain set out on a concert tour. One of the concerts wasat the Festival d’Été de Québec in Quebec City.
Discography
- 1958: Michel Louvain’
- 1959: Ici Michel Louvain
- 1961: Après minuit
- 1962: Michel Louvain chante ses succès
- 1962: Toi et moi
- 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
- 2007: Chante Noël
- 2015: Gentleman Crooner