Tex Lecor

Tex Lecor (10 June 1933 – 8 September 2017), real name Paul Lecorre, was a Québécois painter, host and singer-songwriter.

Biography

Joseph Henri Paul Cyrille Lecorre was born in Saint-Michel-de-Wentworth, Quebec, Canada on 10 June 1933 to Henri Lecorre. He was baptized on 16 June.

He left the Laurentides in 1957 for Montreal, where he opened the boîtes à chansons La Poubelle and La Catastrophe. He made his debut in La Poubelle in the late 1950s while studying at the Montreal School of Fine Arts. He used the nickname Tex, which came from his youth manual labor. Tex Lecor then published his first album Complexe de la chanson canayenne with the label London

He obtained success visiting Quebec's clubs and boîtes à chansons with his lumberjack character.

In the mid-1960s, his discs became somewhat popular with "Le dernier des vrais", "Je t'amène avec moi" and "Noël au camp", the latter of which became a classic of the holiday season.

Tex Lecor performed at the Comédie-Canadienne in 1968. He was the star of the movie The Draveur by Van de Water.

He composed "La Bolduc 68" for Marthe Fleurant and "Gogo Trudeau" for the SINNERS.

Lecor was the host of the successful variety show Sous mon toit starting in 1970.

Lecor's adaptation of the song Le frigidaire by Georges Langford was successful internationally. He sung the adaptation in five languages. He published other successful songs in the 1970s: "Rame, rame", "Quand ça ne tourne pas rond", "Ti-bicycle", "Tout l'monde est de bonne humeur" and "Lucille".

He stopped singing in the late 1970s to focus on painting and radio. His radio shows Tex Matinal, Les insolences d'un téléphone and Le festival de l'humour were very successful. His paintings were exhibited in multiple large Canadian cities.

Tex Lecor died on 8 September 2017 in Terrebonne, Quebec from pulmonary complications tied to Legionnaires' disease.

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