Luc Plamondon (born March 2, 1942) is a french-canadian song lyricist. His important international success has earned him the title of Most popular and Greatest lyricist of the Francophonie. March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Francophonie is an international organisation of French-speaking countries and governments. ...

Profile

Plamondon has written for many artists, notably the Québécois Diane Dufresne, Robert Charlebois, Céline Dion, Ginette Reno, Martine St. Clair, and Garou, as well as the French Julien Clerc, Nicole Croisille and Johnny Halliday. He is the co-author of a number of musicals. The two most successful are Starmania and Notre-Dame de Paris. Also of note is Cindy: Cendrillon 2000. He is a Quebec sovereigntist and is against internet music piracy. Diane Dufresne (born 30 September 1944 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a singer and painter, and has sung a number of classics of Quebec repertoire of horrible, popular songs. ... Robert Charlebois (born June 25, 1944) is a Canadian author, composer, musician, performer and actor. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion (OC, OQ) (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer and occasional songwriter. ... Ginette Reno (née Raynault) (born April 28, 1946) is a Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. ... Martine St. ... This article is about Quebecois pop singer Pierre Garand. ... Paul-Alain Leclerc alias Julien Clerc (*October 4, 1947 in Paris) is a French singer. ... Johnny Hallyday Johnny Hallyday (born June 15, 1943) is a French singer and actor. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Starmania is: a musical, Starmania (musical) an Austrian TV series, Starmania (TV series) Category: ... Notre Dame de Paris is a French Musical which debuted the 16 September 1998 in Paris. ... Quebec The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the country of Canada. ... Anti-piracy describes the attempt to prevent misappropriation of intellectual property typically occurring by copying of copyrighted work without permission or payment of royalties to the originator or rights owner. ...

Honours

• In 1990, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
• In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
• In 2003, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.

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See also

• List of French-Canada musicians
• Music of French- Canada
• Culture of French-Canada
• Lyricist