Daniel Lavoie, (born March 17, 1949) is a French-Canadian singer and songwriter.
Born in Dunrea , Manitoba, Canada, his mother was a musician and he learned to play piano at a young age. In 1967, Lavoie won a singer-songwriter competition for the Société Radio-Canada French language television program, Jeunesse oblige which gave him his first major publicity.
Daniel Lavoie played and sang in English and French with two different groups but his singing career began to blossom dfollowing a 1970 tour in the province of Quebec. Within a few years he was equally as popular in France as he was in Canada, headlining at Bobino and the Olympia in Paris.
Daniel Lavoie starred in the highly successful musical play, ‘’Notre-Dame de Paris ’’. He has written music for motion pictures including the "Ludovic" series of animated short films.
