1. Jean Leloup is popularly known as Jean Leloup, a stage name he kept using until 2006, when he temporarily changed his name to Jean Leclerc, only to resurrect his wolf character in August 2008.
11 Facts About Jean Leloup
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Jean Leloup is known for his colourful personality and unique musical style in the francophone rock community.
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Jean Leloup learned to play guitar by listening to the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix.
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Jean Leloup was influenced by colorful French music icons such as Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Higelin, Serge Gainsbourg and Michel Polnareff.
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Jean Leloup returned to Quebec in 1976, and appeared on the music scene in the 1980s.
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Jean Leloup's 1990 album L'amour est sans pitie was a hit outside of Quebec, and was released in the rest of Canada, USA, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan.
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Jean Leloup was the recipient of a Felix Award in 1997, following the success of his 1996 album Le Dome.
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Jean Leloup Leclerc returned to the stage on August 29,2008 for the 400th year of Quebec City's founding.
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Jean Leloup revived the name Jean Leloup for the occasion.
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Under the name Jean Leloup, Leclerc released the album Mille Excuses Milady on April 28,2009, the first since he publicly declared that he wouldn't produce another album.
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Jean Leloup received another Juno Award nomination for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020, for his 2019 album L'Etrange pays.