Daniel Lavoie is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, producer, poet, and radio host. He is known for his song IIs s'aiment and the role of Frollo in musical Notre-Dame de Paris.
Daniel Lavoie is famous for a singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known for his song IIs s'aiment and the role of Frollo in musical Notre-Dame de Paris.
Daniel Lavoie was born on March 17, 1949, in Dunrea, Manitoba, Canada. He holds Canadian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His birth sign is Pisces. His parent's name is unknown. His father was a shopkeeper and his mother a housewife. He is the eldest of six children. He took piano lessons with nuns as a little boy and continued his musical education in a French-language Jesuit boarding school, College de St-Boniface in St. Boniface neighborhood of Einnipeg, Manitoba.
Daniel Lavoie won the CBC's competition for singer-songwriters Jeunesse Oblige in 1967. He changed his name from Gerald to Daniel. He recorded his first single Marie connue in 1973, and in 1974, his second S'endormir pour one rose. His first album A court terme had moderate success. One of the songs from his albums, J'ai quitte mon ile became especially popular in France and also in Portugal and Brazil. The second album, Berceuse pour un Lion was well received in Quebec and contained several hits, but it was the third album, Nirvana bleu that brought him true recognition in Quebec. In 1980, he received his first Felix Award for the Best male singer of the year. In 1981, he released his first English-language album Cravings as well as his fourth French-language album Aigre doux. In 1984, he release of his album Tension Attention. One of the songs from this album, IIs s'aiment became especially popular and its single sold 2 million copies. His next album, Vue sur la mer in 1987 was another success. In 1992, he participated in Catherine Lara's symphonic rock-musical Sand et les Romantiques performing the part of Eugene Delacroix. In 1995, he released a new album Ici which introduced new hits such as Ou la route mene, Je pensais pas, and Je suis une riviere. In 1998, he was cast as priest Frollo in Richard Cocciante and Luc Plamondon's new musical Notre-Dama de Paris, which was based on the eponymous novel by Victor Hugo. In 2002, he was cast in another musical in Paris, the time Le Petit Prince by Richard Cocciante and Elisabeth Anais. In 2005, he participated in a stage revival of Nelligan, an opera by Andre Gagnon based on the works and biography of Emile Nelligan. In 2008, he accepted an invitation to participate in a project that united music with the poetry of Gaston Miron. In 2010, He participated in a series of the concert versions of Notre-Dama de Paris which reunited the original cast. In 2011, he released J'ecoute la radio, an album of newly arranged hits plus a new song. In 2014, the French production company Le Chant du Monde released a new disc, Daniel Lavoie: La Licorne captive- Un project musical de Laurent Guardo. He participated in the official Canada Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa evening show as one of its featured performers, representing his native. In 2016, his new album titled Mes longs voyages was released. He has been part of the cast of the revival of the musical Notre Dame de Paris reprising his role of Frollo in the Palais des Congres in Paris with the tour of France and other countries scheduled throughout 2016-2019.
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Daniel Lavoie is a married man. He married Louise Dubuc in 1988. He also has been in a relationship with Marina Drujko in 2010. Marina is a Russian Model.
Daniel Lavoie is a singer-songwriter. He earns a good amount of money from his professional career. There is no information about his net worth and salary.