Steve Fiset

Steve Fiset was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada^[1]: 158 on 15 December 1946.^[2]

In 1965, Fiset founded the duo Jean et Steve with Jean Lévesque, which sang French and American folk songs and some of their own compositions while playing the guitar. They relocated to Montreal in 1966 and performed as the opening act at the Patriote for one year and a half. In early 1967, they won a trophy for the best band having performed in the Patriote during the year. ^{[1]: 158–159}

They recorded their first disc under Yvan Dufresne. Their song "C'est ainsi que va l'amour" won an award at the 1968 Festival du disque. On the same year, their song La banda was successful and they performed as the opening act for Èva's show at the Place des Arts.^[1]: 159

In late 1968, Jean Lévesque left Québec to study theater in Paris, and Fiset went solo. He recorded some singles, of which "Chewy Chewey" was quite successful.^[1]: 159 He played in the soap opera Les Berger with the role of Jean-Claude^{[1]: 159 [3][4]} from 1970 to 1973. His singing career reached its pinnacle in summer 1970 with the very successful song "Les chemins d'été" written by Luc Plamondon and André Gagnon.^[1]: 159 He collaborated with Plamondon on other songs such as "Les laurentides", "Le fou de tes nuits" and "Quand l'hiver"^[i].^[4] He acted in the 1970 film Red.^[3][4]

In 1971, Fiset was named "male revelation of the year" at the Gala des artistes and participated in the tour Musicorama. He composed the soundtrack and had the main role in the movie Fleur bleue by Larry Kent. In autumn 1972, he hosted the variety show Studio libre. He published his last album in 1976, and in the same year participated in the music revue Tout chaud of François Guy, notably with Marjolène Morin. Fiset composed some songs for other artists, including Chantal Renaud.^[1]: 159 He retired from public life in 1979.^[4]

In 1993 Fiset had a stroke. He died at the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont in Montreal on 7 November 2015^[3] from cardiac arrest.^[4]