Pierre Létourneau (born 11 August 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor from Quebec. He is known for the songs Maurice Richard and Tous les jours de la semaine.
Biography Joseph Pierre Paul Létourneau was born on 11 August 1938 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada to Charles Létourneau, a mechanic, and Beaudry.Registre de l'état civil de Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Verdun, Fonds Drouin (in French).
Létourneau studied at the University of Montreal and performed in theatre there.
In 1963 he published his first album. Thanks to its success, he hosted the program La boîte à chanson on Radio-Canada's television station in 1964. He then recorded two albums in which he experimented with different musical genres.
In 1970 he spent a year in France and out of boredom recorded the song Maurice Richard. After returning to Québec, Létourneau wrote Laisse-moi partir and Tout seul au monde for Nicole Martin, La Ronde with and for Marc Gélinas, Oh ma Lili for Michel Stax and Danser danser for Nanette Workman.
In 1973 Létourneau published the song "Tous les jours de la semaine" which would become his greatest success. He hosted weekends "song afternoons" for CKAC and "Pulsion" by Radio-Canada. It was his first collaboration with Germain Gauthier, with whom he wrote many other songs.
In 1980 he wrote Aimer for Véronique Béliveau.
Létourneau returned to the live scene in 1982 after ten years of absence. He usually performed in small venues.
He performed in the 1984 show "Trois fois chantera" with Claude Léveillée and Claude Gauthier across Quebec and New Brunswick. He later participated in Michel Robidoux's "Années-Guitares".
By 1992 Létourneau was one of the most prolific Quebecois singer-songwriter. He had published 140 of his own discs and composed the text or music of hundreds of songs for other authors. In 1992, most Québécois authors had at least one of Létourneau's song in their repertoire.
He participated in Robert Charlebois's show "Il était une fois la boîte à chansons" in 2010 and 2011.
He was inducted in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011 and two of his songs became Classics of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN).
He received the Sylvain-Lelièvre prize from the in 2014.
He received the Excellency prize at the Gala of the SOCAN in 2015.
Discography +SinglesYearTitle1962Les colombes/Percé1964La chanson des pissenlits/Les clandestins1966J'm'appelle Antoine/Pour ma mélancolie1967Quand on a perdu son amour/Les cerfs-volants1967La planque à Loulou/C'est fini1968Transistor/Je veux t'aimer d'amour1969Les cigales/La dame du 5ième étage1969L'amour, ça vient sans qu'on y pense/Je t'emmène1970Maurice Richard/Tu n'es plus de mon village1971Mes amis s'en vont/D'Amsterdam à Calcutta1972Deux cent mille douze/Être heureux1972Les gens qui attendent l'autobus/En amour1972La fleur et le couteau/Shakespeare~1972Les gens qui attendent l'autobus/Ailleurs c'est pas plus beau1973Tous les jours de la semaine/Je m'ennuie1973De l'autre côté de la clôture/ Tomber1974Faut pas s'en faire avec ça/Mon frère1974Les secrétaires de bureau/L'homme et la chanson1974Seul avec toi/Y'a toujours quelqu'un1975Bonjour la visite/Comme les enfants1975Gonowe/Gonowe (Instrumental)1978Quand on ne s'aime plus/Quand on ne s'aime plus (Instrumental)1985Plein d'amour/Plein d'amour (Instrumental) +AlbumsYearTitle1963Pierre Létourneau vol. 11964Pierre Létourneau vol. 21965Pierre Létourneau vol. 31966Pierre Létourneau vol.41967Pierre Létourneau1969Pierre Létourneau1971Pierre Létourneau1972Une bien belle journée1973Tous les jours de la semaine1977Il faut bien rêver1979La vie de ville1984Changements de vitesse1988Y'a du bonheur1994On a tous un rêve fou1998J'te dis que c'est vrai1999Au temps des boîtes à chanson2006Heures de pointe2012Foutue société +CompilationsYearTitle1969Blow Up sur vos vedettes: Quatre super auteurs compositeurs19744 vedettes1985De tous les jours de la semaine à plein d'amour2000Rétrospective
Filmography +FilmsYearTitleRole1962Alone or with Others (Seul ou avec d'autres)Pierre1969Viens mon amour1970Love in a Four Letter WorldPierre +TV seriesYearTitleRole1964Rue de l'AnseSteve1971Paradis perdu1992ScoopAcolyte de Dumoulin
Bibliography +YearTitle2003Le Dialogue du sauveur2004Ces mots qu'on utilise... À tort et à travers2006J'aimerais bien qu'on te chante
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