Tex Lecor (10 June 1933 – 8 September 2017), real name Paul Lecorre, was a Québécois painter, host and 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.Registre de l'état civil (1931), St Mic. Wentworth.
He left the Laurentides in 1957 for Montreal, where he opened the boîtes à chansons La Poubelle and La Catastrophe. He made his debut in La Poubelle in the late 1950s while studying at the Montreal School of Fine Arts. 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
He obtained success visiting Quebec's clubs and boîtes à chansons with his lumberjack character.
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.
Tex Lecor performed at the Comédie-Canadienne in 1968. He was the star of the movie The Draveur by Van de Water.
He composed "La Bolduc 68" for Marthe Fleurant and "Gogo Trudeau" for the SINNERS.
Lecor was the host of the successful variety show Sous mon toit starting in 1970.
Lecor's adaptation of the song Le frigidaire by Georges Langford was successful internationally. He sung the adaptation in five languages. 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".
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.
Tex Lecor died on 8 September 2017 in Terrebonne, Quebec from pulmonary complications tied to Legionnaires' disease.
Discography + Singles Year Title1963Le bal chez Jos Brûlé/Tout ça1964McNally/Charlie Lee1967Le dernier des vrais/Ti-Loup1968Je t’amène avec moi/Noël au camp1968Les charpentiers du ciel/Ma truie1968Bienvenue chez nous/La ballade du gars brûlé1968The Draveur/Les raftmen sont arrivés1968La Bolduc 68/Le temps du rock1968Salut les hippies/Ton sourire1969Ne t’en fais pas trop/Rame, rame1969Noël mauve/Nous nous aimerons1970Sous mon toit/Mon amour pour vous1971Le frigidaire/Quand viendra le temps1971Pauvre jeunesse/Big Swede1972Il Frigidaire/Prima o poi vedrai1972Marilo/Sieur Émile et Von Fitsko1972Quand ça n'tourne pas rond/Faut pas s’faire de bile1973Sainte-Scholastique Blues/Après la Baie-James1973La misère/La chatte à Thibault1974Ti-bicycle/Maudit français1975J’passe plus en arrière/La théière1975Gaston Labrousse/Dans mon shack1976Tout le monde est de bonne humeur/Le petit pub de Val-d’Or1977Saint-Gérard-de-Kiamika/Tu n’es pas venue1977Lucille/La vie, c’est pas con1977Si tu t’en vas demain/Instrumental1978Le frigidaire/T’as donc des beaux bip-bops1979Viens t’en donc/J’me sens fou1979Je t’aime encore/Quand on s’ennuie1985Noël au camp/Noël au camp
+Albums Year Title1960Complexe de la chanson canayenne1961Mes chansons1963Le dernier des vrais1967Je t’amène avec moi1969Le Québécois Tex Lecor1969Chansons interdites à la radio et à la télévision1970Sous mon toit1972Tex Lecor, c’est moi... et lui aussi1972Mon monde à vous1973Quand je rêve, c’est en couleur1974Tex Lecor1975Les grands succès de Tex Lecor1975Tex: l'album souvenir1975Le tout nouveau festival de l'humour1976?Mes premières chansons1977Le festival de l’humour québécois1978Mon plus récent Lecor1982En direct de l’Assemblée nationale1989Collection souvenir1990Collection souvenir1991Collection souvenir
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