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René Angélil, OQ (born January 16, 1942) is a Canadian singer and manager. He is the husband and manager of singer Celine Dion.
Angélil was born in Montreal, Québec, Canada of a father of Syrian descent and a Canadian mother of Lebanese origin.
Angélil started out as a pop singer in the 1960s in Montréal, Angélil formed a pop rock group, "The Baronets", with childhood friends Pierre Labelle and Jean Beaulne. They were known as "Québec's Smithtones". This group had some hits in the 1960s as "C'est Fou, Mais C'est Tout" (a translation of the Beatles' song "Hold Me Tight") catering to the short-lived Quebec market for translations of English-language pop hits from the United Kingdom or the United States. After the dissolution of the group, Angélil and best friend Guy Cloutier began managing artists.
Together they managed the career of two successful Québec entertainers René Simard and Ginette Reno, among many other pop stars of the time. They parted ways in 1981 to each become solo managers. At the end of 1981 (not long after being replaced as Ginette's manager) René heard Celine Dion's demo tape. In 1987 and 1988, he won the Félix Award for Manager of the Year.
Actors: Peter MacNeill (actor), Laszlo Barna (producer), Laurel Bresnahan (miscellaneous crew), Jodelle Ferland (actress), Dwight McFee (actor), Enrico Colantoni (actor), Donald Martin (writer), Jack Lenz (composer), Heather K. Dahlstrom (miscellaneous crew), Natalie Radford (actress), Mike Lee (editor), Amanda Cameron (miscellaneous crew), Robin Brinsmead (miscellaneous crew), Nigel Hamer (actor), Steven Silver (producer),
Genres: Drama, Musical,