Born Joseph Charles Fernand Gignac in Montreal (Canada) on March 23, 1934, and
died in Montreal (Canada) on August 18, 2006, he was a Quebec pop singer and
actor. At the age of 9, he won first place in Radio-Canada's amateur competition
Les Talents de Chez nous . He went on to study singing and piano, before
graduating in drama from the Conservatoire Lasalle. His first single, " Je n'ai
fait que passer ", was released in 1957. Between 1959 and 1965, 10 of his songs
reached number one on the Quebec charts: "Chérie, tu es frivole" (1959, #1 5
weeks), "Tango des jours heureux" (1959...