Background
Charlebois was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Charlebois was born in Montreal, Quebec.
He is an important figure in French music Among his best known songs are Lindberg and Je reviendrai à Montréal. His lyrics, often written in joual, are funny, relying upon plays on words.
In 1970 he sang with Italian singer Patty Pravo the Italian song Louisiana solitudine.
In the same year, he performed at the Festival Express train tour in Canada, but did not appear on the documentary film. Thirty-eight years later, Charlebois had a cameo as Jean-Seb Bigstone, the French-Canadian Broadway producer, in the 2012 Gad Elmaleh/Sophie Marceau film Happiness Never Comes Alone.
The Quebec-based microbrewery Unibroue was owned, in part, by Charlebois until it was purchased by Sleeman Breweries in 2004 which in turn was bought by Japanese beer brewing giant Sapporo in 2006. Entre la mer et l"eau douce (1967) by Michel Brault with Geneviève Bujold, Claude Gauthier Deux Femmes en or (1970) by Claude Fournier with Monique Mercure, Louise Turcot Un génie, deux associés, une cloche (1975) by Damiano Damiani, Sergio Leone with Terence Hill, Miou-Miou L"Agression (1975) by Gérard Pirès with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve Louisiana Fiancée qui venait du froid (1983) by Charles Nemes with Thierry Lhermitte, Barbara Nielsen Sauve-toi, Lola (1986) by Michel Drach with Carole Laure, Jeanne Moreau C.R.A.Z.Y. (2004) by Jean-Marc Vallée with Michel Côté and Marc-André Grondin Gabrielle (2013) by Louise Archambault with Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Alexandre Landry.