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 French Canadian singer/ songwriter FELIX LECLERC "Le Canadien" was the toast of Post War Paris, where he got the moniker "Le Canadien"


Félix Leclerc ?– Bozo / La Danse La Moins Jolie
Quality ?– P093
A Bozo 
B La Danse La Moins Jolie 

Félix Leclerc avec André Grassi et son orchestre.

Original Candian issue on QUALITY Polydor 10" 78 rpm recording.

Condition: EXCELLENT  faint scuffs, plays very quiet  lightest crackle
A SUPERB COPY

Félix Eugène Leclerc, OC, GOQ, singer-songwriter, poet, novelist, playwright, actor, broadcaster (born 2 August 1914 at La Tuque, QC; died 8 August 1988 at ?le d'Orléans, QC). Félix Leclerc was a revolutionary artist whose work in several fields marked a turning point in Quebec culture. As a poet and playwright, he was one of Quebec’s literary giants. As a singer, he was a superstar in Canada and Europe, particularly in France. He greatly influenced the course of the Québec chanson and paved the way for the popular chansonnier movement in Quebec and France. He was a vocal proponent of Quebec nationalism and helped galvanize the collective identity of the people of Quebec. Some of his most popular songs included “Notre sentier,” “Moi, mes souliers,” “Bozo” and “Le Tour de l’?le.” He received three Grand Prix du disque from the Académie Charles-Cros in Paris, as well as the Prix de musique Calixa-Lavallée, the Prix Denise-Pelletier and the Diplôme d'honneur. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Grand Officer of the National Order of Québec and a Chevalier of France's Légion d'honneur.

Early Years
Félix Leclerc was the sixth of 11 children of a lumber and grain dealer; the family members all sang and played various instruments. At the age of eight, Leclerc was introduced to the music of Mozart and Schubert, which his older sister learned to play on the piano. At 18 he began his academic studies at the University of Ottawa, where he wrote his first song, “Notre sentier.” He was forced to abandon his schooling in 1933 because of the Depression. He went to work as a farmhand at Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap, near Trois-Rivières, and drew on this experience for several of his songs.

After holding various jobs, including that of embalmer’s assistant, he became a radio announcer and scriptwriter at CHRC in Quebec City (1934–37) and at CHLN in Trois-Rivières (1937). During his three years in Quebec City, he took a few guitar lessons from Victor Angelillo and Bill Harris, two CHRC colleagues. He is also believed to have received some guidance from Thomas-Wilfrid Gagnon, the musician who sold him his first guitar (now held in the Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges) around 1934 in Quebec City. John Harry Ormsby, a private English teacher who encouraged Leclerc’s love for Québec and pushed him to create original works, was a further influence.

Broadcasting, Acting and Writing
In 1939, Leclerc joined Radio-Canada in Montréal as a radio scriptwriter. Several of his series were very popular, including Le Restaurant d'en face (on which he broadcast his song “Notre sentier”); Je me souviens (for which Hector Gratton composed the incidental music); L'Encan des rêves; and Théâtre dans ma guitare. At the same time, Leclerc acted in the Radio-Canada drama series Un Homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon and Vie de famille by Henry Deyglun. He also appeared on stage with Émile Legault's Compagnons de Saint-Laurent (1942–45).

Leclerc's radio scripts attracted the attention of writer and filmmaker Albert Tessier, who encouraged their publication. They were collected under the titles Adagio (stories), Allegro (fables) and Andante (poems), and sold well. In 1948, Leclerc and his friends, Guy Mauffette and Yves Vien, founded the troupe VLM. It presented Leclerc’s plays Le P'tit Bonheur and La P'tite Misère in Montreal and throughout Quebec. That year, his play La Caverne des splendeurs won first prize in a one-act play competition organized by the Amis de l'art. Some of his songs, including Le P'tit Bonheur, served as interludes between scenes. A number of his other songs — such as “Hymne au printemps, “Le Train du Nord” and “Bozo” — became popular in Quebec in the late 1940s, especially through his Radio-Canada program, Félix Leclerc et ses chansons.


Success in Paris
In 1950, Leclerc's career as a chansonnier became international. Jacques Canetti, an influential impresario from Paris who was artistic director of Philips Records, heard Leclerc perform in Montreal and offered him an engagement in Paris. Leclerc made his debut there in December 1950 in the ABC, a large Paris music hall. He shared the bill with the Compagnons de la chanson and Édith Piaf.

The success of his debut was followed by his first recordings and by tours of France, Belgium and Switzerland. Dressed in a checkered lumberjack shirt and accompanying himself on the guitar, he delivered his earthy songs in a robust baritone. He soon became a top-ranking star. In February 1951, he was awarded the Grand prix du disque de l'Académie Charles-Cros in Paris for his song, “Moi, mes souliers.” Beneath his name, printed in large letters on the billboards, was “le Canadien.”