The René Angélil legacy

[RosieBarron]

Rene was the best manager. Do you think they can do what Rene can do. Watching AND secrets.. Rene was so strong, confident to gamble everything just to deliver a great show that it became the best residency show. I’m just amazed and having so much respect for him.

Rene did everything to have the best people around céline. Well, you guys know the story anyways lol

 

Honestly, i miss his voice.

 

Defo. In my opinion everything was, well, a lot better with him around...

 

Can't imagine how much she must miss him.

[empress]

Theirs was a great love story. Theirs is also a great success story in terms of her career. She would never have the made it as big as she is now without Rene. She knows this. It takes a while to get used to your new reality, but I think she is doing well. She would also not have the freedom to be making decisions, branching out, playing in different areas (fashion, clothing and handbag line, FUN...) without the income created by both she and Rene. If he had not set parameters, she would be broke. She has plenty of leeway to play because of the financial cushion accumulated over the years.

[remykyes]

Four years ago today. God I miss Rene.

[Celine Fan 77]

Crazy to think that four years have passed today. I still remember that night of January 14, 2016 like yesterday.

 

I had just got home from my cousin's house and I was with my mom when a group of fans told me the news via WhatsApp.

 

R.I.P. René, I can't thank you enough for everything that you've taught to so many, including myself, without even knowing.

[Angel2006]

I can't believe it's been 4 years since Rene's passing. The twins were only 5 and RC was just days away from turning 15 at the time. It's really crazy how fast time flies. I am sure that Rene must be watching down from heaven with pride everyday seeing how strong Celine is and how amazingly she continues to raise their 3 children, while at the same time thriving in her career. I miss Rene so much and I can't even imagine how much Celine misses him. I am sure today is a particularly tough day for Celine and her entire family. Definitely at day were that good old courage will come in handy that's for sure.

[scielle]

There isn't really an appropriate thread for this, but -

 

RIP: Celine Dion’s Former Agent, Paul Levesque

 

"Montreal: The Quebec music industry is in mourning following the passing of industry veteran Paul Lévesque.[...]

While Dion’s late husband René Angélil was synonymous with running her career, Lévesque was actually the Quebec superstar’s first agent from 1980 to 1982. Lévesque’s employees introduced Angélil to Dion by playing him her demo tape in 1981 when they were looking for a record producer. Lévesque sued Angélil in 1984 before settling out of court. In 2007, Dion and her family sued Lévesque for allowing her song “Ce n'était qu'un rêve” to be used in a commercial."

[idroveallnight]

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RIP: Celine Dion’s Former Agent, Paul Levesque

 

"Montreal: The Quebec music industry is in mourning following the passing of industry veteran Paul Lévesque.[...]

While Dion’s late husband René Angélil was synonymous with running her career, Lévesque was actually the Quebec superstar’s first agent from 1980 to 1982. Lévesque’s employees introduced Angélil to Dion by playing him her demo tape in 1981 when they were looking for a record producer. Lévesque sued Angélil in 1984 before settling out of court. In 2007, Dion and her family sued Lévesque for allowing her song “Ce n'était qu'un rêve” to be used in a commercial."

 

Wow I had not known this story. I thought the story was that Celine's brother sent the tape directly to Rene.

[smw]

I miss Rene too.

He helped to create one of the biggest stars of all time.

He was a genius.

Celine's talent / determination / work ethic + Rene's vision = perfection.

 

But I am so proud of Celine for being more fierce and strong than ever before.

She remains so classy and elegant and driven - but she's also discovered other parts of herself that have given her a rebirth since Rene's passing.

There's still so much coming our way as fans.

[Davey84]

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/02/29/rene-angelil-lui-a-donne-sa-premiere-chance---marc-dupre

 

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[scielle]

A couple nice photos posted by Marc Dupre today: https://www.instagra.../p/CABO5l-lpfP/

You can definitely see a bit of young Rene in those kids!

 

(Also, Anne Marie just doesn't age!)

Edited May 10, 2020 at 10:25 PM by scielle

[Davey84]

A couple nice photos posted by Marc Dupre today: https://www.instagra.../p/CABO5l-lpfP/

You can definitely see a bit of young Rene in those kids!

 

(Also, Anne Marie just doesn't age!)

Yeah their youngest kid is a perfect mix of Nelson and Eddy!

 

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[flutefreak]

Yeah their youngest kid is a perfect mix of Nelson and Eddy!

 

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I thought the same!

[Bruno Portugal]

One of my favorite videos of René. So polite, happy and proud of his beautiful son.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CByhVWCo7_d/?igshid=193qihok1z30n

 

[scielle]

More from the "holy cow, Rene has some talented grandkids" file:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CErCnfdHEyF/

 

Stella in video #1, and scroll through to #5 for Anthony being a really impressive pianist.

[Chantemoi]

[isabel leite]

Very beautiful as usual. I especially liked what Linda Thompson (I believe David's ex) answered

[nuts2you]

 

I was there that night , so sad, I did cry a little

[nuts2you]

Claudette Dion sur la mort de René Angélil: «C'était un être d'exception» | JDM (journaldemontreal.com)

 

 

can anyone pls translate what was said in this video ,

[jpatdeleon09]

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[PuraVida]

Rene on TV playing poker

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJpyLrgeXBA

[scielle]

I was on an Air Canada flight yesterday, and randomly found this film about the history of Quebecois pop & rock in the1960s, called Jukebox. The film is essentially about Denis Pantis, and the business he built in the '60s (Trans-Canada label), which was effectively the birth of Quebec's star system.

Les Baronets were one of his groups, and the film had some footage I hadn't previously seen of young Rene in his element, compete with screaming girls a la The Beatles at the time.

 

https://jukeboxlefilm.com/

 

It was really interesting to see the system he came out of and you could clearly see the parallels between that and how he later managed Celine's career. It's also wild how different the industry was then, and amazing how much he has had to evolve in his approach as a result.

For instance, one of the wild things about how they did things back then - Denis would get a list of top UK/US on Mon, he'd listen to the top songs and pick one or two each week, he'd have his songwriter buddy write a French version on Tue, he'd pick and prep the right artist and record on Wed, press the record on Thurs, and it would be out in stores on Fri! And this is all in the '60s, before anything could be done digitally! Just wild.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6hCFbPqZA

 

http://jukeboxlefilm.com/les-baronets/

 

Edited May 10, 2021 at 11:56 AM by scielle

[Chantemoi]

I was on an Air Canada flight yesterday, and randomly found this film about the history of Quebecois pop & rock in the1960s, called Jukebox. The film is essentially about Denis Pantis, and the business he built in the '60s (Trans-Canada label), which was effectively the birth of Quebec's star system.

Les Baronets were one of his groups, and the film had some footage I hadn't previously seen of young Rene in his element, compete with screaming girls a la The Beatles at the time.

 

https://jukeboxlefilm.com/

 

It was really interesting to see the system he came out of and you could clearly see the parallels between that and how he later managed Celine's career. It's also wild how different the industry was then, and amazing how much he has had to evolve in his approach as a result.

For instance, one of the wild things about how they did things back then - Denis would get a list of top UK/US on Mon, he'd listen to the top songs and pick one or two each week, he'd have his songwriter buddy write a French version on Tue, he'd pick and prep the right artist and record on Wed, press the record on Thurs, and it would be out in stores on Fri! And this is all in the '60s, before anything could be done digitally! Just wild.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6hCFbPqZA

 

http://jukeboxlefilm.com/les-baronets/

 

 

That looks really interesting! Have you seen “The Wrecking Crew” yet? I just watched it last night, and it was an excellent documentary chronicling the backstory of the session musicians who played on all of greatest pop hits of the 50’ through 70’s.

 

Basically, these people were an unofficial group of musical prodigies who were brought in to play instrumentals instead of the artists. They sight-read the chords of each song, improvised their parts on the spot within minutes and essentially created the sound of pop music at that time.

 

While they were paid handsomely, they were very rarely given credit for their work, because the industry at the time favoured headline acts—there was no such thing as a “featured” celebrity bass player, sax player, guitarist, etc.

 

It continued that way until the Singer-Songwriter craze of the 70’s and Classic Rock bands (who played their own instruments quite well) ushered that style of music out. That was around the same time René Angélil began managing René Simard and Ginette Reno, and shortly after, Céline. A lot of change happened in those years, and even more so at the dawn of the new millennium to now. It’s pretty incredible that he kept Céline’s career going as long as he did!

[DionFanAlways]

Boy, Nelson sure is the spitting image of Rene.

[scielle]

In this week’s installment of Rene’s talented grandkids: Stella singing Easy On Me - https://www.instagram.com/tv/CVas3zglNJ_/?utm_medium=copy_link

[maki_Dion-er]

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[Celine Fan 77]

Since we're getting closer to the sixth anniversary of René's passing, I thought of sharing the English version of this amazing documentary.

 

[sarit_celine]

What a rare intelligent man he was, he's so missed

(By the way, many times, this board won't let me see notifications sorry if I won't be able to reply to someone's message.)

[ordinary fan]

Since we're getting closer to the sixth anniversary of René's passing, I thought of sharing the English version of this amazing documentary.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO966zLTtmo

Oh wow thank you so much

[mirage]

Quote 'The manager is the most important thing in a singers career'

 

Ugh I miss René. I miss Aldo.

 

 

Since we're getting closer to the sixth anniversary of René's passing, I thought of sharing the English version of this amazing documentary.

 

[PuraVida]

At some point Rene would have retired I imagine. If he were alive today, he'd be two weeks shy of 80. So maybe we can imagine Aldo would have started his work about now, or a little earlier.