Chuck Labelle

Jean-Guy (Chuck) Labelle (born 18 March 1954) is a Franco-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who performs francophone New Country-Rock music.^[1] He is from Mattawa, Ontario. His first album, Chuck, reached Gold status after two years and his second album, Un cadeau de Noël, with partner Robert Paquette, also reached Gold.^[2] His 1999 single, Le Cowboy, released in both French and English versions, was No. 1 on the European country music charts.^[3] However, in a 1999 interview on the music business, Labelle also commented that "Getting known; carving my name into the history of Franco-Ontarian performers. Distribution is a big problem."^[4] Labelle has written and produced over 150 original songs.^[5] In 2015, he received the Prix Hommage award from the Association des professionels de la chanson et de la musique.^[6][7]

Discography

• Chuck. 1994. Produced by Robert Paquette.
• Un Cadeau de Noël. 1995. Duo with Robert Paquette. Produced by Chuck Labelle and Robert Paquette.^[8][9]
• Terre fragile. 1997. Produced by Robert Paquette and Dan Bédard.
• No Getting Over You. 1999. The Nashville Sessions. Four-song EP. Produced by Randall Prescott.
• Le Cowboy – The Cowboy. 1999. Single. Comstock Records, Arizona.
• Noël encore un fois. 2000. Produced by Chuck Labelle and Robert Paquette.
• Noël en tout et partout. 2005. Produced by Robert Paquette and Shawn Sasyniuk.^[10]
• Plus jamais comme avant. 2008. TOMO Records. Produced by Charles Fairfield and Normand Daoust, recorded at N-Code Studios.
• Le plus beau des cadeaux. 2010. PLR Productions. Produced by Frank Labelle.