Lucille Starr

Lucille (Raymonde Marie) Starr (née Savoie, plus tard Cunningham) à Saint-Boniface, Man., le 13 mai 1938. Chanteuse populaire et country, Lucille Starr grandit à Port Coquitlam et à Maillardville en Colombie-Britannique et au cours de son adolescence, elle chante avec l'ensemble français Les Hirondelles. En 1954, elle commence sa carrière à Vancouver sous le nom de Lucille Starr. Deux ans plus tard, avec le chanteur, auteur-compositeur, guitariste et violoneux Bob Regan (né Bob Frederickson, Rolla, près de Dawson Creek, C.-B., 13 mars 1931 - Los Angeles, 5 mars 1990), elle forme un duo country, Bob & Lucille. Elle chante et enregistre également avec le chanteur country Keray Regan, son frère. Starr et Bob Regan se marient et s'installent à Los Angeles. Sous le nom de Canadian Sweethearts, le duo country est connu dans toute l'Amérique du Nord.
Chanteuse au talent varié dans plusieurs styles de musique pop ainsi que de musique country, Starr enregistre aussi comme soliste chez A & M. Son plus grand succès est « The French Song » (« Quand le soleil dit bonjour aux montagnes »), écrite par les auteurs-compositeurs américains Harry Pease et Larry Vincent.. Chantée en français et en anglais, et caractérisée par le vibrato distinctif de Starr, elle est populaire en 1964-1965 au Canada, aux États-Unis, en Europe, en Australie, en Asie et en Afrique du Sud. La chanson, de même qu'un microsillon du même nom (A & M LP-107), se vendent à 1 000 000 et 5 000 000 d'exemplaires respectivement, faisant de Starr la première chanteuse canadienne à mériter un disque d'or. Les autres succès de Starr au cours des années 1960 sont notamment « Yours », « Crazy Arms » et « Jolie Jacqueline » pour A & M, ainsi que « Bonjour Tristesse » pour Epic. Durant cette période, Starr prête également sa voix à la populaire comédie « The Beverly Hillbillies » à la télévision américaine, chantant les tyroliennes pour le personnage de Cousin Pearl.
Starr continue de se produire avec Reagan jusqu'en 1977. Puis, elle poursuit une carrière de soliste tandis que Regan commença à se produire avec d'autres partenaires. Parmi les 45tours ultérieurs de la chanteuse, « Power in Your Love » (1981) et « The First Time I've Ever Been in Love » (1988) sont populaires au Canada. Elle effectue une tournée durant les années 1980 avec une troupe du Grand Ole Opry de Nashville, offre des prestations avec Hank Snow et Wilf Carter, se produit fréquemment en solo au Canada et est coanimatrice de « Canadian Country Express » (1989-1990), sur les ondes de CHRO-TV de Pembroke, Ont., émission distribuée par l'intermédiaire d'un syndicat. Elle chante aussi en vedette aux Pays-Bas, où elle donne sa première prestation en 1965.
Parmi les autres disques de Starr, on retrouve Say You Love Me (A & M SP-4100, repiqué sous The Canadian Sweethearts, A & M ST-4106 et en 1975, sous le titre de Lucille Starr with Bob Regan, 2-SP-9015), The Sun Shines Again (Starr Concert SCRA-79, lancé en 1981, paru une fois qu'elle est guérie de polypes aux cordes vocales), Back to You (Cardinal RSP-159, paru en 1988), Sweet Memories (Disky DCD-5149, lancé en 1991) et le disque bilingue Chansons d'amour / Songs of Love (Intersound 1991). L'anthologie Side by Side : Pop and Country / Lonely Street (Collector's Choice), regroupant ses enregistrements faits pour Epic, sort en 2004. Starr coécrit également des chansons avec Bob Regan et d'autres, par exemple pour The Sun Shines Again; Sylvia Tyson enregistre « Pépère's Mill ». En 1987, Starr est la première femme à être intronisée au Hall of Honour de l'Association de la musique country canadienne. En 1989, elle est admise au Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Elle est également la première femme à remporter le prix Europe's Gold Tulip Award; en 2005, elle est membre honoraire de l'Aboriginal Music Hall of Fame du Canada. Une rue de Port Coquitlam en Colombie-Britannique porte son nom.
Starr s'inspire d'Hank Snow et de Peggy Lee. Elle figure parmi les rares musiciens populaires canadiens à enregistrer à la fois en anglais et en français. Le fils de Starr, Bob Frederickson, joue de la guitare dans le groupe Buffalo Springfield.

Canadian singer/songwriter and yodeler Lucille Starr (born Lucille Marie Raymonde Savoie) was one of Canada's most popular country performers. She started her career singing with a British Columbia choir, Les Hirondelles, and then became the female lead with the Keray Regan Band. Eventually she and band member Bob Regan left to tour the country as Bob & Lucille. The duo had several successful singles in both the U.S. and Canada, including "No Help Wanted." With her powerful voice and vibrant performances, Starr soon attracted notice from several label executives, one of whom dubbed the act the Canadian Sweethearts. While in California, the two frequently appeared on local country music shows and on ABC's Country America show, where they appeared regularly for two years. They also appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, and toured North America with Hank Snow, Wilf Carter and Little Jimmy Dickens. Both Starr and the Canadian Sweethearts signed to A&M Records in 1963, the latter reaching the Top 50 with "Hootenanny Express." They also had two top-rated hits in Canada, including "Looking Back to See." Starr went solo with The French Cut, which was produced by Herb Alpert and featured his Tijuana Brass. The title cut became a chart-topper, and the album produced five more hits. In 1967, the Canadian Sweethearts recorded in Nashville with producer Billy Sherrill. She appeared regularly on the charts through the mid-'70s. In 1977, she put an end to the Sweethearts partnership and cut another solo album, The Sun Shines Again, and it did quite well. Her subsequent album, Back to You, did very well in Canada and produced three hits, including a number one.

Talents : Vocal, Guitar

Style musical : Traditional Country, Country-Pop

http://youtu.be/41qMVqgCuQU

CRAZY ARMS (1965)

COLINDA (1965)

CAJUN LOVE (1968)

Années en activité :

1910

2000

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

1964	SP BARRY 3242X (CAN)	.	The French Song / Sit Down And Write A Letter To Me
1964	SP ALMO 204 (US)	.	The French Song / Sit Down And Write A Letter To Me
1964	SP LONDON FLX 3136 (UK)		The French Song / Sit Down And Write A Letter To Me
1964	SP BARRY 3244X (CAN)	.	Assieds-Toi Et Ecris Moi Une Lettre / La Chanson Francaise
1964	SP BARRY 3276X (CAN)	.	Yours / Jolie Jacqueline
1964	SP ALMO 209 (US)	.	Yours / Jolie Jacqueline
1965	SP BARRY 3301X (CAN)	.	Crazy Arms / Colinda
1965	SP ALMO 214 (US)	.	Crazy Arms / Colinda
1965	SP LONDON FLX 3142 (UK)		Crazy Arms / Colinda
1965	SP BARRY 3343X (CAN)	.	So Many Others / I Want A Steady Guy
1965	SP ALMO 220 (US)	.	So Many Others / I Want A Steady Guy
1965	SP ALMO 229 (US)	.	Here Come More Roses / Once A Day
1966	SP QUALITY 1795X (CAN)	.	Soldier Boy / Haunting Me
1966	SP A & M 786 (US)	.	Soldier Boy / Haunting Me
1966	SP A & M 798 (US)	.	Adios, Aloha / Too Far Between Kisses
1966	SP BARRY 3422X (CAN)	.	Dominique / When i Stop Dreaming
1966	SP A & M 799 (US)	.	Dominique / When I Stop Dreaming
1967	SP QUALITY 1627X (CAN)	.	Rocky Mountain Special / Love
04/1967	SP EPIC 5-10171 (US)	.	I Don't Trust Me Around You / Who's Gonna Stand By Me
07/1967	SP EPIC 5-10205 (US)	.	Looking Back To See / Too Far Gone
10/1967	SP EPIC 5-10247 (US)	.	Before The Next Teardrops Falls / Hello Sadness
11/1968	SP EPIC 5-10258 (US)	.	More Than Money Can Buy / Let's Wait A Little Longer
04/1968	SP EPIC 5-10317 (US)	.	Is It Love / Too Lonely Too Long
1968	SP EPIC 5-10377 (US)	.	Hey Sue! / Yoiu Were Worth The Wait
08/1968	SP EPIC 5-10421 (US)	.	Full House / Cajun Love
01/1969	SP EPIC 5-10441 (US)	.	Cry, Cry, Darling / Lonely Street
12/1969	SP DOT 45-17327 (US)	.	South Bound Plane / Dream Baby
196?	SP QUALITY 721X (CAN)	.	Back to You / Je Reviendrai
196?	SP QUALITY 726X (CAN)	.	Rock Steady Love / Heartless One
196?	SP A & M 306 (US)	.	French Song / Colinda
19??	SP A & M 422 (US)	.	I'm Leavin' It Up To You (CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS) / My Happiness
03/1970	SP DOT 45-17345 (US)	.	Holding Out For Love / I'm Only A Woman
12/1970	SP DOT 45-17367 (US)	.	Brand New Heartache / Sock It To Satan
197?	SP CARDINAL 9020 (CAN)	.	First Time I've Ever Been in Love / C'Est Ma Premiere Fois De Tant
197?	SP CARDINAL 9031 (CAN)	.	Just The Way We Were / Comme Nous Etions
1981	SP SCR 779 (CAN)	.	Power in Your Love / Sweet Memories
1981	SP SCR 780 (CAN)	.	Real Love / Boys In The Bunkhouse
1981	SP SCR 78071 (CAN)	.	If You Were Mine / ?
1981	SP A & M AMS 9183-1 (US)		Colinda / Jolie Jacqueline
1981	SP GREAT RECORDS FACTORY GRF-777 (US)	.	Real Love / I Need You Every Hour
1981	SP GREAT RECORDS FACTORY GRF-778 (US)	.	The Sun Shines Again / Le Soleil Brille Encore
198?	SP STONY PLAIN 1067 (CAN)	.	Lucille STARR & Sylvia TYSON - Pepère's Mill / Le Moulin A Pepère

Albums

1962

LP 12" A & M LP-100 (mono) / SP-4100 (stereo) (US)

SAY YOUR LOVE ME - BOB REGAN & LUCILLE STARR - Gone / I Don't Mind / Too Far Between Kisses / When I Stop Dreaming / So Many Others / I Want A Steady Guy / Send Me No Roses / Adios, Aloha / After All We've Been Through / Say You Love Me / My Happiness

05/1965

LP 12" A & M LP-107 (mono) / SP-4107 (stereo) (US)

THE FRENCH SONG - Jolie Jacqueline / Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Ecstasy / Crazy Arms / Hey Mister Wind / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / I'm Not The Woman I Want To Be / I'll Be There / I'll Go Steppin' Too / Colinda / Best Of The Blues / Bonjour Tristesse / Are You Teasing Me / The French Song

02/1969

LP 12" EPIC 26436 (US)

LONELY STREET - Lonely Street / Too Far Gone / Missing You / If I Give My Heart To You / Who's Gonna Stand By Me? / Searching (For Someone Like You) / Bonjour Tristesse, Hello Sadness / Cajun Love / Someone Up There Still Loves Me / Full House / Cry Cry Darlin'

1975

2 LP 12" A & M 2-SP-9015 (US)

LUCILLE STARR WITH BOB REGAN :

DISC 1 : Gone / I Don't Mind / Too Far Between Kisses / When I Stop Dreaming / So Many Others / I Want A Steady Guy / Send Me No Roses / Adios, Aloha / After All We've Been Through / Say You Love Me / My Happiness

DISC 2 : Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Halfbreed / Freight Train / Blue Canadian Rockies / Love / Blowin’ In The Wind / Hootenanny Express / I’m Leavin’ It All Up To You / Rocky Mountain Special / Out for Fun / We’re Gonna Stand Up On The Mountain / This Land Is Your Land

1981

LP 12" DOMINION DN6141 (CAN)

LUCILLE STARR - The French Song / This Land Is Your Land / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / I'm Leavin' It All Up To You / Gone / La Vie En Rose / (Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness / Wooden Heart / Dominique / Colinda / Blowin' In The Wind / Sukiyaka / My Happiness / Lonely Street / Cry, Cry Darling / We're Gonna Stand Up On The Mountain / Freight-Train / Jolie Jacqueline

1981

LP 12" STARR CONCERT SCRA-79 (CAN)

THE SUN SHINES AGAIN - Sun Shines Again / Real Love / I Need You Every Hour / You Gave It All Up For A Song / Boys In The Bunk House / If You Were Mine / Music Is Your Love / Power In Your Love / Blue Canadian Lady / Sweet Memories

1988

LP 12" CARDINAL RSP-159 (CAN)

BACK TO YOU - The First Time I've Ever Been In Love / Wishing It Was You / Chanson D'Amour / Looking Back / Wearing Wooden Shoes / The French Song / Rock Steady Love / Just The Way We Were / Heartless One / Second Time Around / Money Don't Make A Man A Lover / Back To You

1992

CD SWEET LAKE SWLCD-90151 (US)

09/1994

CD MADACY 6402 (US)

LUCILLE STARR - Heartaches By The Number / Looking Back To See / I Love You / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Are You Mine / True Love / Winchester Cathedral / I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers) / Canadian Sunset / Side By Side / Lonely Street / Too Far Gone / Missing You / If I Give My Heart To You / Who's Gonna Stand By Me? / Searching (For Someone Like You) / (Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness / Cajun Love / Someone Up There Still Loves Me / Full House / Cry, Cry Darlin' / I Don't Trust Me Around You / More Than Money Can Buy / Let's Wait A Little Longer / Before The Next / Teardrop Falls / Too Lonely Too Long / Is It Love? / Hey Sue! / You Were Worth The Wait

1998

CD A & M CD-69832 (US)

THE FRENCH SONG - The French Song / Dominique / La Vie En Rose / In A Little Spanish Town / Colinda / Crazy Arms / Sukiyaka / Wooden Heart / Release Me / Jolie Jacqueline / Yours / My Man / Gone / My Happiness / Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Freight Train / I’m Leaving It All Up To You

08/1991

CD INTERSOUND CDI-9101 (CAN)

SONGS OF LOVE - The First Time I've Ever Been In Love / Wishing It Was You / Chanson D'Amour / Looking Back / Wearin' Wooden Shoes / French Song / Rocky Steady Love / Just The Way We Were / Heartless One / Second Time Around / Money Don't Make A Man A Lover / Back To You / I F You Were Mine / Sun Shines Again

1991

CD DISKY DCD-5149 (NL)

SWEET MEMORIES - Jolie Jacqueline / I'll Go Steppin' Too / Colinda / The Best Of The Blues / Bonjour Tristesse / Are You Teasing Me / Mississippi / That's How Long I'll Love You / The French Song / Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Ecstasy / Crazy Arms / Hey Mister Wind / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / I'm Not The Woman I Want To Be / I'll Be There

01/2004

CD DISKY ? (NL)

THE FRENCH SONG - Jolie Jacqueline / I'll Go Steppin' Too / Colinda / The Best Of The Blues / Bonjour Tristesse / Are You Teasing Me / Mississippi / That's How Long I'll Love You / The French Song / Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Ecstasy / Crazy Arms / Hey Mister Wind / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / I'm Not The Woman I Want To Be / I'll Be There

10/2004

CD COLLECTOR'S CHOICE ? (US)

LUCILLE STAR - THE CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS - Heartaches By The Number / Looking Back To See / I Love You / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Are You Mine / True Love / Winchester Cathedral / I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers) / Canadian Sunset / Side By Side / Lonely Street / Too Far Gone / Missing You / If I Give My Heart To You / Who's Gonna Stand By Me? / Searching (For Someone Like You) / (Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness / Cajun Love / Someone Up There Still Loves Me / Full House / Cry, Cry Darlin' / More Than Money Can Buy / Let's Wait A Little Longer / Hey Sue! / You Were Worth The Wait / I Don't Trust Me Around You / Before The Next Teardrop Falls / Too Lonely Too Long / Is It Love?