Marthe Fleurant

Marthe Fleurant, who had her heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, died on 27 January 2021 in Québec Canada. Known in particular for having re-popularized La Bolduc, she was also co-host of the first two Bye bye, in 1968 and 1969.

Born in Sainte-Agathe in 1945, Marthe Fleurant began singing at the age of 16 and recorded her first album in 1961.

But it was not until 1965 that the doors of the Quebec entertainment world really opened to her, thanks to her song Pense à notre amour , a French-language cover of Stop! In the Name of Love by The Supremes, led by Diana Ross.

Her greatest success probably remains La Bolduc "68" , a duet with her great friend Tex Lecor, a young singer who would later become a legendary radio host and a gifted painter. The song is inspired by one of La Bolduc's best-known pieces, It's going to come, don't be discouraged.

She also stood out with songs like L'enfant de la misère , Une belle fleur and La pitoune and interpreted the texts of great authors like George Brassens, Gilles Vigneault and Georges Dor.

Marthe Fleurant continued her career for around ten years, appearing regularly on television in the popular show Jeunesse d'heure , broadcast from 1962 to 1974 on Télé-Métropole, the ancestor of TVA.

She was co-host of the first two Bye bye in Quebec history, alongside Donald Lautrec and Chantal Renaud.

Ms. Fleurant retired from the entertainment world in 1978. Her family mentions that she died “surrounded by the two loves of her life, her two children Guy-Olivier and Marie-Ève.”