Les Misérables is the name of more than one artist 1) a popular Quebec rock'n'roll band from the 1960s. 2) a French punk rock group 3) Les Misérables Brass Band If you have tagged the musical like this, please credit it to: Claude-Michel Schönberg. 1) Group from Montréal, Gerry Bribosia (v, g), Michel Cavuoto (g), Jean-Marc Vanasse (sax, v), Aldo Marandola(d) and Grégoire Buisson (b). Originally named Rocking Stars, the Misérables signed their ... fist contract at Montréal's Club Yé Yé. Recording contract in spring 1965 w/ Disques Jupiter. Their first single was unsuccessful, but their next record, "Elle me dit", a French adoption of the Rolling Stones' "Tell me", entered all charts of Québec. Les Misérables toured with Les Bel-Air, Les Bel Canto, Donald Lautrec, Margot Lefebvre, Michel Louvain and Jenny Rock. In 1966, their 3rd single "Délaisse et Je vous salue madame" arrived at no. 37 in the Méritas-chart, followed by a 4th single "Si jamais", the French version of"When a man loves a woman" b/w "Toi qui es jeune" which is dodged by Johnny Hallyday's version "Quand un homme perd sesrêves". Their next single, though, "Chemises à pois et cravates à fleurs" was successful in all regional charts. In April 67, les Misérables opened for the Young Rascals at the Centre Paul Sauvé. At the end of the year, they recorded the Box Tops' version of "The letter" which entered the hit-parade and was rerecorded in 1968 for Patrick Zabé. The group folded in summer '69, after a show at Trois-Rivières.See more [+]
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