Claude Léveillée

Claude Léveillée (Montréal, 16 October 1932 – 9 June 2011) was a Canadian actor, pianist and singer-songwriter, who composed over 400 songs, numerous instrumental scores and a number of Musicals. Claude Léveillée co-founded Les Bozos in 1959, the year he met Édith Piaf. He composed several songs for her (including Les Vieux pianos, Ouragan, Boulevard du crime). He went on to compose for a number of Quebec singers, including Julie Arel (Merci à toi in 1976) and Nicole Martin (Il est en nous l'amour in 1985, and Mon père et ma mère and On s'aimera in 1987). He performed in France and the Soviet Union (USSR), as well as in Belgium, Switzerland and Japan. He is also an actor (notably in Line of Demarcation, in 1966, and in the Scoop series from 1991 to 1994). ()