13 Facts About Christine Charbonneau

Christine Charbonneau was a French Canadian singer and songwriter.

Christine Charbonneau began singing professionally at La Butte a Mathieu in Val-David, Quebec in 1959.

Christine Charbonneau accompanied herself with a guitar like her mentor Felix Leclerc and was considered to be one of the icons of Quebec song.

Christine Charbonneau toured for several years in the Quebec coffee houses called "les boites a chansons," which were proliferating at the time.

Christine Charbonneau started giving songs to different singers, such as Ginette Ravel, one of the major artists of this epoch.

Christine Charbonneau recorded Charbonneau's song L'amour, on her album "L'amour c'est comme un jour," released in 1963 on RCA Victor Records.

On 24 June 1965, Christine Charbonneau was invited to participate at the Saint-John-Baptiste Celebration Day, in Quebec.

Around 1967, as the "boites a chansons" were facing decline, Christine Charbonneau continued her career at CBC Radio and CBC Television.

Christine Charbonneau was invited several times on the Coast to Coast CBC Television series Chansons produced by Anton Van de Water, where she was singing in company of many other artists including Joni Mitchell Jacques Blanchet, Margo McKinnon, Pauline Julien and Gordon Lightfoot, the Travelers In 1968, she made a third album entitled Christine with Gamma Records, and Francois Dompierre was her orchestra director.

In 1968, Christine Charbonneau had her first Television Summer Series at CBC SRC and co-hosted with Jacques Blanchet the musical show "Tete heureuse".

In 1974 Christine Charbonneau gave to Patsy Gallant her original song Les femmes which was recorded on her 1974 album "Toi l'enfant," released by Columbia Records.

In 1974, Christine Charbonneau wrote a first song for Ginette Reno, Donne l'amour, which was recorded on her album "Aimons-nous".

Christine Charbonneau's biggest hit as a singer was her disco song of 1975, Censure.