beloved big brother
At Dorval Airport (Trudeau) in April 1977, 46 years ago! Little Nathalie, 7, had come to welcome her famous brother René, who at 16 had found success in several countries around the world. The little girl had already lent her young voice to a holiday album by the Simard family.
The musical adventure
In October 1980, 11-year-old Nathalie was a guest of popular animator Réal Giguère on CJMS, accompanied by Paolo Noël, who with her had recorded the duet I should never have been leave, the title track of his new album. Over the course of her career, the little girl from the Île d’Orléans will lend her voice to no fewer than 25 albums.
40 years ago
With Jaques Boulanger in 1983, when Nathalie released the album of her smash hit La danse des canards, which went on to amass sales of a few hundred thousand copies and win the Félix prize for best-selling microgroove at the Gala de l’Adisq. At 14, she had just completed a triumphant tour of Quebec with her brother.
whooping cough of a generation
In the summer of 1984, young Nathalie’s inimitable smile became a child’s idol. The following year, she hosted Le Village de Nathalie, a huge hit on Télé-Métropole (TVA), which notably earned her a Métrostar trophy. The following year, the young singer released an album of the same name and already a compilation album. His fan club had over 50,000 members.
Lots of slices
In 1986, Nathalie released the second album in a series of three, Le Village de Nathalie. The following year, the young woman will mark a major turning point by recording the album Tourne la page with her brother René, putting an end to her children’s songs. The singer will receive several gold and platinum records.
- Nathalie, 53, is one of the courageous contestants of the first season of Get me out of here! (Photo) a reality show filmed in the jungle of Costa Rica in which celebrities face extraordinary challenges between snakes, tarantulas and insects that lead to overcoming and solidarity. Moderated by Alexandre Barrette and Jean-Philippe Dion. At TVA on Sundays at 18:30 from tomorrow.
- Nathalie Simard hosts her own radio show, Country pop at work, afternoons from 1 p.m., broadcast on the Country Pop network (92.9 and 103.1) in the Mauricie region where she lives. See countrypop.ca.
- The singer now has her own paper magazine Simply good with Nathalie, in stores every three months. She also writes a weekly column in the magazine The week.
- You can follow Nathalie on her Instagram and FB accounts where she makes extra nice offers live.