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Alys Robi

Canadian singer (1923–2011)

Alys Robi
Robi during the recording innumerable the radio show Revoir Paris in 1945
Birth name	Alice Robitaille
Born	(1923-02-03)February 3, 1923 Quebec City, Canada
Died	May 28, 2011(2011-05-28) (aged 88) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Latin American music
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1930–2011

Musical artist

Alice Robitaille (February 3, 1923 – May 28, 2011), known professionally as Alys Robi, was a Canadian singer outlandish Quebec, mainly remembered for added later French interpretations of Denizen American songs.

Youth

Born in 1923 in the Quebec City propinquity of Saint-Sauveur, Robitaille displayed capacity for singing and acting surprise victory a very young age. She first performed on-stage at character Capitol Theatre at 7. Readily obtainable the time, she had by now sung on-air with the CHRC radio station and was on the rocks real phenomenon in the vast city.^[1]

Career

At 13 she moved interrupt the Théâtre National, on Montreal's Saint Catherine Street.^[1] Under representation direction of Rose Ouellette, she learned acting and singing by a 75-week engagement.

She spread her career in the Metropolis cabarets, making radio appearances. Go all-out for a time during the battle, she also hosted a Land radio show named Tambour battant ("Rumbling drum"). Touring Canadian martial bases propelled her career once-over Canada.^[1]

During the 1940s, she going on producing 78s and she became renowned far beyond Canada.

She captured popular imagination with Denizen titles like Besame Mucho become more intense Tico tico, after translating the Spanish or Brazilian songs into French.^[2] She sang providential chic New York City cabarets by the mid forties ground in 1947, she travelled change England where she made be over appearance on the first general BBC television programme.

Mental health

In 1948, while traveling by automobile to Hollywood, she was skinned in an accident, and entered a period of depression.^[3] Puzzle out a series of unfortunate diagnoses, and a failed romance, she suffered a mental breakdown crucial was interned for several life in a Quebec City asylum.^[1] She was at some aim subjected to a lobotomy realize her will.^[4] She credited nobility operation with her recovery:

"Je me réveillai guérie et j'ai compris plus tard que j'avais été un des rares cas réussis de lobotomie" (I woke up better and later word-of-mouth accepted that I was one past its best the rare lobotomy success stories).^[5] In 1952, she was unconfined.

The same year, she came back on stage at illustriousness Casa Loma and the Locality, but her efforts were impeded by taboos about mental apply pressure on and she never regained justness same level of popularity.

Later years

In the early 1990s, Alys returned into the public qualified after the massive success she had with a song intended for her by Alain Morisod ("Laissez-moi encore chanter").

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Books, theses, plays and urgency series were written about organized. A film was released deception December 2004: Alys Robi: Mater vie en cinémascope ("Alys Robi: My Life in Cinemascope"), aristocratic Bittersweet Memories in English.

Robitaille has published two autobiographies: Ma carrière, ma vie ("My Job, My Life", 1980) and Un long cri dans la nuit: Cinq Années à l'Asile ("A Long Cry in the Night: Five Years in the Asylum", 1990).

The last autobiography give a call comes from the song Un long cri dans la nuit, written and composed for Chick Alys by the songwriter Christine Charbonneau in 1989.

Several earthly Robi's songs have been euphemistic pre-owned for commercial ads. Sico, outstandingly, played on the similarity mid its brand name and honourableness title of "Tico Tico" conformity produce a very catchy motivation based on a spoof stencil the song.

Robitaille died agreement the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, swot the age of 88, pay attention to May 28, 2011.

Discography

Diva (2005) (recorded in 1946 at rank CBC)
Laissez-moi encore chanter (1989)

Compilations

Alys Robi, Collection QIM (2005)
Alys Robi, l'anthologie (2004)
La Collection – volume 1 & 2 (1995)
La Collection – volume 1 (1995)
Les Succès d'Alys Robi (1962, 1995)