Tex Lecor
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Tex Lecor (10 June 1933 – 8 September 2017), real name Paul Lecorre, was a Québécois painter, host and singer-songwriter.
June 10, 1933
Tex Lecor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joseph Henri Paul Cyrille Lecorre June 10, 1933 Saint-Michel-de-Wentworth, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | September 8, 2017 (aged 84) Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupations | Painter, Host, Singer-Songwriter |
Biography
Joseph Henri Paul Cyrille Lecorre was born in Saint-Michel-de-Wentworth, Quebec, Canada on 10 June 1933 to Henri Lecorre. He was baptized on 16 June.[1]: B5
He left the Laurentides in 1957 for Montreal, where he opened the boîtes à chansons La Poubelle and La Catastrophe.[2]: 271 He made his debut in La Poubelle in the late 1950s while studying at the Montreal School of Fine Arts.[3] He used the nickname Tex, which came from his youth manual labor. Tex Lecor then published his first album Complexe de la chanson canayenne with the label London[2]: 271
He obtained success visiting Quebec's clubs and boîtes à chansons with his lumberjack character.[2]: 271
In the mid-1960s, his discs became somewhat popular with "Le dernier des vrais", "Je t'amène avec moi" and "Noël au camp", the latter of which became a classic of the holiday season.[2]: 271
Tex Lecor performed at the Comédie-Canadienne in 1968. He was the star of the movie The Draveur by Van de Water.[2]: 271
He composed "La Bolduc 68" for Marthe Fleurant and "Gogo Trudeau" for the SINNERS.[2]: 272
Lecor was the host of the successful variety show Sous mon toit starting in 1970.[2]: 272
Lecor's adaptation of the song Le frigidaire by Georges Langford was successful internationally.[2]: 272 He sung the adaptation in five languages.[3] He published other successful songs in the 1970s: "Rame, rame", "Quand ça ne tourne pas rond", "Ti-bicycle", "Tout l'monde est de bonne humeur" and "Lucille".[2]: 272
He stopped singing in the late 1970s to focus on painting and radio. His radio shows Tex Matinal, Les insolences d'un téléphone and Le festival de l'humour were very successful. His paintings were exhibited in multiple large Canadian cities.[2]: 272
Tex Lecor died on 8 September 2017 in Terrebonne, Quebec[4] from pulmonary complications tied to Legionnaires' disease.[5]
Discography
| Année | Titre |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Le bal chez Jos Brûlé/Tout ça |
| 1964 | McNally/Charlie Lee |
| 1967 | Le dernier des vrais/Ti-Loup |
| 1968 | Je t’amène avec moi/Noël au camp |
| 1968 | Les charpentiers du ciel/Ma truie |
| 1968 | Bienvenue chez nous/La ballade du gars brûlé |
| 1968 | The Draveur/Les raftmen sont arrivés |
| 1968 | La Bolduc 68/Le temps du rock |
| 1968 | Salut les hippies/Ton sourire |
| 1969 | Ne t’en fais pas trop/Rame, rame |
| 1969 | Noël mauve/Nous nous aimerons |
| 1970 | Sous mon toit/Mon amour pour vous |
| 1971 | Le frigidaire/Quand viendra le temps |
| 1971 | Pauvre jeunesse/Big Swede |
| 1972 | Il Frigidaire/Prima o poi vedrai |
| 1972 | Marilo/Sieur Émile et Von Fitsko |
| 1972 | Quand ça n'tourne pas rond/Faut pas s’faire de bile |
| 1973 | Sainte-Scholastique Blues/Après la Baie-James |
| 1973 | La misère/La chatte à Thibault |
| 1974 | Ti-bicycle/Maudit français |
| 1975 | J’passe plus en arrière/La théière |
| 1975 | Gaston Labrousse/Dans mon shack |
| 1976 | Tout le monde est de bonne humeur/Le petit pub de Val-d’Or |
| 1977 | Saint-Gérard-de-Kiamika/Tu n’es pas venue |
| 1977 | Lucille/La vie, c’est pas con |
| 1977 | Si tu t’en vas demain/Instrumental |
| 1978 | Le frigidaire/T’as donc des beaux bip-bops |
| 1979 | Viens t’en donc/J’me sens fou |
| 1979 | Je t’aime encore/Quand on s’ennuie |
| 1985 | Noël au camp/Noël au camp |
| Année | Titre |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Complexe de la chanson canayenne |
| 1961 | Mes chansons |
| 1963 | Le dernier des vrais |
| 1967 | Je t’amène avec moi |
| 1969 | Le Québécois Tex Lecor |
| 1969 | Chansons interdites à la radio et à la télévision |
| 1970 | Sous mon toit |
| 1972 | Tex Lecor, c’est moi... et lui aussi |
| 1972 | Mon monde à vous |
| 1973 | Quand je rêve, c’est en couleur |
| 1974 | Tex Lecor |
| 1975 | Les grands succès de Tex Lecor |
| 1975 | Tex: l'album souvenir |
| 1975 | Le tout nouveau festival de l'humour |
| 1976? | Mes premières chansons |
| 1977 | Le festival de l’humour québécois |
| 1978 | Mon plus récent Lecor |
| 1982 | En direct de l’Assemblée nationale |
| 1989 | Collection souvenir |
| 1990 | Collection souvenir |
| 1991 | Collection souvenir |