Lucille Dumont is credited by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame with having "served and personified Quebec popular music" and popularized the music of Quebec songwriters by singing their songs.
12 Facts About Lucille Dumont
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Lucille Dumont is credited with being "at the birth of Quebec television," participating in Radio Canada's first television shows.
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Lucille Dumont was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006 and was an Officer of the Order of Canada and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
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Lucelle Dumont was born on January 20,1919, in Montreal, Quebec.
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Lucille Dumont first performed under the name of Micheline Lalonde due to the then-prevailing societal stigma around being a performer.
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On October 16,1935, at age 16, Lucille Dumont made her professional debut, performing on the Sweet Caporal radio show, produced by Leo Le Sieur, a pianist, organist, and composer who served as her mentor.
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Lucille Dumont began hosting the Linger Awhile and Two Messengers of Melody radio show the same year, with Le Sieur performing the organ on the latter show at James S Ogilvy's Tudor Hall.
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Radio Canada hired Lucille Dumont to participate in or host shows including Varietes francaises, Reverie, Sur les boulevards, Le moulin qui jazze, Le p'tit bal des copains, Connaissez-vous la musique, Tambour battant and Hier, aujourd'hui.
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Lucille Dumont established Atelier de la Chanson, a music school in Montreal, and dedicated a large amount of time to teaching, explaining in an interview that she found it enriching.
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Lucille Dumont retired in 1999 and died on July 29,2016 at the age of 97.
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In 1947, Lucille Dumont was elected as Miss Radio by Radiomonde's readership.
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Lucille Dumont was the first singer to win the title.