Les Sultans
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Les Sultans was a French Canadian music band greatly affected by the
Career
The origins of the band go back to 1962 when guitarist Claude Reid, a young musician greatly affected by British sounds established as an adolescent les Dots, an instrumental combo with Marcel Richard and shortly later André Dion and Gilles Henry and drummer Michel Dufault. In 1963, a vocalist Bruce Huard joined the formation giving it a great boost.
With increasing success, the band adopted more British sounds and changed its name to Les Sultans and in 1964 was signed to Fontaine record label as a new Quebec band to ride the Beatlemania bandwagon. Les Sultans original formation was vocalist Bruce Huard, guitar player Claude Reid and drummer Michel Dufault all from Les Dots days, in addition to Denis Forcier on guitars and Ghislain Dufault on bass.
Early 1964, the band became known for "Toujours devant moi" a remake of Beatles' "
The band moved to a bigger label Télédisc, with Denis Pantis producing "Tu es impossible", a French version of
In 1967, the repertoire of Les Sultans diversified with success of "À toi que je pense" and a series of English language songs composed by the duo Huard and Forcier like "To Say You're Sorry", "Bring Her Back" and "Looking Through You" to try to expand the fame of the band in the rest of Canada and internationally but with lesser success. These were included in a 1967 album Express. The band made a last tour in 1967 and early 1968 and a final album on Maison D.S.P. titled En personne - Les Sultans à Starovan - Leur spectacle d'adieu and a final single "En fermant la porte".
After break-up
After break-up, singer Bruce Huard continued for a while as a pop singer before quitting music altogether. Other members were known to continue music careers. Guitarist Claude Reid studied under Alexandre Lagoya and became a music teacher and established a shop for repairing guitars. Denis Forcier joined the Aristos and Le Coeur d'une génération, and then as a solo artist and eventually composer of radio and television ads.
With the re-issues of the early 1990s, newly remastered versions along with one unreleased gem (Ça n'peut plus durer comme ça) see the light of day.
Members
- Bruce Huard - vocals
- Ghislain Dufault - bass
- Denis Forcier - guitar
- Claude Reid - guitar, harmonica
- Michel Dufault - drums
- Other members
- Pierre Bélanger - drums (1966–68) - replacing drummer Michel Dufault
- Roger Beaudet - guitar (summer 1965)
Discography
- Studio albums
- 1966: Les Sultans
- 1967: Express
- Live albums
- 1968 En personne - Les Sultans à Starovan - Leur spectacle d'adieu
- Compilations
- 1968: 15 Disques d'or
- 1991 Les sultans vol.1 (disques Mérite CD 22-902)
- 1992 Les Sultans vol 2 (disques Mérite CD 22-921)
- 2001: Les Sultans, volumes 1 and 2
- 2010: Top 30, Bruce et les Sultans
References
- ^ Quebec Info Musique: Les Sultans (in French)