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Infobox musical artist | name = Daniel Lavoie| image = Daniel Lavoie.jpg| caption = Concert in FrancoFolies, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 3 August 2008| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1949|3|17| birth_place = Dunrea, Manitoba , Canada | origin =| death_date = | death_place =| genre = French pop music|French pop , Chanson | instrument = Piano , Guitar| occupation = Singer–songwriter | years_active = 1970–present| label =| associated_acts = Garou (singer)|Garou , Patrick Fiori , Notre-Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre-Dame de Paris | website = http://www.lavoiedaniel.com/ www.lavoiedaniel.com Daniel Lavoie (born March 17, 1949) is a Canadian singer–songwriter .
Lavoie was born in Dunrea, Manitoba , Canada. His mother was a musician and he learned to play piano at a young age. In 1967, Lavoie won a singer-songwriter competition for the Société Radio-Canada French language television program, Jeunesse oblige which gave him his first major publicity.
The young Franco-Manitoban played and sang in both English language|English and French language|French with two different groups but his singing career began to blossom following a 1970 tour in the province of Quebec . Within a few years he was equally as popular in France as he was in Canada, headlining at Bobino and the Paris Olympia|Olympia in Paris . His album Nirvana bleu (recorded in 1979) was one of his bestsellers ever. He is also known for his 1990 single "Jours de plaine", which features an animation|animated video produced by the National Film Board of Canada|National Film Board .
Daniel Lavoie starred in the highly successful Musical theatre|musical play , Notre Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre-Dame de Paris , in which he played the part of Frollo , and recorded the successful song " Belle (song)|Belle ", with Garou (singer)|Garou and Patrick Fiori . He has written music for motion pictures including the Ludovic series of animated short film s.
His album ''J'ecoute la radio charted at #100 in Canada in November 2011. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html
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http://www.lavoiedaniel.com/newindex.htm Daniel Lavoie
http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6193.asp Biography of Daniel Lavoie, from Radio France Internationale
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Persondata|NAME= Lavoie, Daniel |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Canadian singer–songwriter |DATE OF BIRTH= March 17, 1949 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Dunrea, Manitoba, Canada |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= DEFAULTSORT:Lavoie, Daniel Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian male singers Category:Canadian singer-songwriters Category:Canadian stage actors Category:Franco-Manitoban people Category:Musicians from Winnipeg Category:French-language singers Category:English-language singers Category:Actors from Quebec
