Jacques Michel

Jacques Michel (born Jacques Rodrigue) was born on June 27, 1941, in Sainte-Agnès-de-Bellecombe, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, near Rouyn. At 16, he sang in cabarets in his region, performing songs by Gilbert Bécaud, Charles Aznavour, and Mouloudji to which he gradually added his own compositions. After having been a singer and guitarist for the Rock'n'roll kids and then the Midnighters, Jacques Michel obtained his first solo contract in 1963. He won the first prize of his career, the revelation of the year at the 1965 Festival du disque. In the 1970s, Jacques Michel won the Grand Prix du Festival de Spa in Belgium with 'Amène-toi chez nous' and the second prize at the Tokyo International Festival of Popular Song, with 'Un nouveau jour va se lever.' With a discography of some 200 compositions, more than 30 of which reached the top of the French-speaking charts between 1960 and 2005, Jacques Michel became a major figure in Quebec music. His songs evoke love, friendship, freedom, life, and childhood. Jacques Michel left the stage in 1986 but continued to write songs for Martine Chevrier, Nicole Martin, Johanne Blouin and Nathalie Simard. From 1985 to 1995, he created, with Eve Déziel, the programs 'Le village de Nathalie' and 'Sur la rue Tabaga,' for which he co-wrote the scripts and song lyrics. Jacques Michel has been a Chevalier de l'ordre du Québec since 2007.

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