Beau Dommage is a 1970s rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who achieved great popular success in Quebec and France. The group's style included rich vocal harmonies and elements borrowed from folk and country music. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Band may mean: A musical band A band (electronics) is a range of frequencies or wavelengths between two given limits In anthropology, a band society A Rubber band In solid-state physics, an energy band The Band, a particular musical band See also: bandana This is a disambiguation page — a... Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussion about English Names in Montreal City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ...

"La complainte du phoque en Alaska" ("Complaint of the seal in Alaska") and "Ginette", among others, have become classics.

History

Beau Dommage started in 1972 as an offshoot of the creative association "La Quenouille Bleue". Pierre Huet, Robert Léger and Michel Rivard were soon joined by Pierre Bertrand. The next year, Réal and Marie-Michèle Desrosiers also joined the band. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

The group's first album, Beau Dommage, was released in 1974 and broke sales records at the time. The next year, Où est passé la noce reached oro on its first day of sales. The group met with considerable success on its yearly tours of Europe between 1975 and 1978, and also performed on numerous occasions in Quebec and the rest of Canada. 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of sales albums and singles have made. ... World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

The group, which disbanded in 1978, reunited in 1984 to perform twice and produce a live album. They reunited one last time in 1992 to produce a new album (1994), tour Quebec (1995). They showed up during Francofolies of Montreal when many artists decided to honor them (2005). 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Personnel

• Pierre Bertrand - guitar, bass, vocals
• Marie-Michèle Desrosiers - keyboard, vocals
• Réal Desrosiers - drums
• Michel Hinton - keyboard (starting in 1975)
• Pierre Huet - songwriter
• Robert Léger - keyboard, flute
• Michel Rivard - guitar, vocals

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Discography

• 1995 Rideau
  • "Échappé belle"
  • "J'ai oublié le jour"
  • "Tout va bien"
  • "Tous les palmiers"
  • "Quand Rose va chez son fils"
  • "Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay"
  • "Heureusement qu'il y a la nuit"
  • "Sur la véranda"
  • "Le retour du flâneur"
  • "Tout simplement jaloux"
  • "Le picbois"
  • "23 décembre"
  • "Montréal"
  • "Ginette"
  • "À toutes les fois"
  • "La complainte du phoque en Alaska"
  • "Le blues d'la métropole"
  • "Bozo"
  • "La mort de l'ours"

• 1994 Beau Dommage
  • "La nouvelle saison"
  • "Le retour du flâneur"
  • "Tout simplement jaloux"
  • "Quand Rose va chez son fils"
  • "Échappé belle"
  • "Du milieu du pont Jacques-Cartier"
  • "Rive-Sudv
  • "Grande cheminée"
  • "J'aimais l'hiver"
  • "Sur la véranda"
  • "Marcher tout seul la nuit sur une route de campagne"
• 1992 Beau Dommage au Forum
• 1991 L'intégrale (boxed set)
• 1988 Plus de 60 minutes avec... Beau Dommage
  • "Tous les palmiers"
  • "Tout va bien"
  • "J'ai oublié le jour"
  • "Chinatown"
  • "23 décembre"
  • "À toutes les fois"
  • "Tellement on s'aimait"
  • "La complainte du phoque en Alaska"
  • "Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay"
  • "Le picbois"
  • "Le blues d'la métropole"
  • "Motel « Mon repos »"
  • "Le cœur endormi"
  • "Le géant Beaupré"
  • "Rouler la nuit"
  • "Montréal"
  • "Le rapide blanc"
• 1977 Passagers
  • "Rouler la nuit"
  • "Le vent du fleuve"
  • "Histoire de Jean"
  • "Le cœur endormi"
  • "Le passager de l'heure de pointe"
  • "Hockey"
  • "Le vent d'la ville"
  • "Lettre d'amour"
  • "Le voyageur"
• 1976 Un autre jour arrive en ville
  • "Tout va bien"
  • "Contre lui"
  • "Cinéma"
  • "Ça fait longtemps"
  • "Le cœur sur la corde raide"
  • "Seize en soixante-seize"
  • "Marie-Chantale"
  • "Berçeuse pour moi toute seule"
  • "C'est samedi soir"
  • "Un autre jour arrive en ville"
• 1975 Où est passée la noce?
  • "Le blues d'la métropole"
  • "Assis dans' cuisine"
  • "Amène pas ta gang"
  • "Motel « Mon repos »"
  • "J'ai oublié le jour"
  • "Bon débarras"
  • "Heureusement qu'il y a la nuit"
  • "Un incident à Bois-des-Filion"
• 1974 Beau Dommage
  • "Tous les palmiers"
  • "À toutes les fois"
  • "Chinatown"
  • "La complainte du phoque en Alaska"
  • "Le picbois"
  • "Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay"
  • "Le géant Beaupré"
  • "Ginette"
  • "Un ange gardien"
  • "23 décembre"
  • "Montréal"