René Angélil: The Making of Céline Dion: The Unauthorized Biography

by Jean Beaunoyer, Jean Beaulne (With)

Overview

For almost twelve years, Jean Beaulne was a member of the Baronets "the Beatles of Quebec" along with René Angélil. In this book, he has collaborated with writer and journalist Jean Beaunoyer to tell the untold story of René Angélil and Céline Dion. Previously unknown details of René Angélil's personal and professional life are revealed in this unprecedented investigation into the man who orchestrated one of the foremost successes in the history of show business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459714779
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	03/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	370
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jean Beaunoyer, a journalist with the Montreal daily La Presse, has published several books, including the best seller Céline Dion, une femme au destin exceptionnel in 1997.

Jean Beaulne has himself produced a number of talented artists and knows the job of artists' manager inside out.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	11
	Introduction	14
1.	A Second Chance for Rene Angelil	18
2.	Childhood	26
3.	The Third Baronet: Pierre Labelle	31
4.	Amateur Talent Contests	34
5.	The Baronets	37
6.	The Baronets' Career	40
7.	Parents and Hard Times	43
	In a Low Voice	47
	Real Gibberish	47
8.	Memory	48
	The Journalist	50
9.	An Opening for a Manager	51
	Rene Acts the Clown	54
10.	Ben Kaye	55
	Ordering Pizza	58
11.	"Joanne"	59
12.	Puerto Rico	61
13.	Dallas	64
14.	The Beatles	66
	Brian Epstein, the Fifth Beatle	68
15.	Women, Sex, Drugs, and the Baronets	73
	The Spirits	78
	Pierre's Shoes	78
16.	Hysteria	80
17.	First Loves	83
18.	Maryse	85
19.	The First Marriage	87
20.	The International Market Already	89
21.	A Punch in the Face	92
22.	At the Comedie-Canadienne	95
23.	Discord	99
24.	1967	102
25.	Fatherhood	104
26.	The End of the Baronets	106
	Her Home Was a Theatre	111
27.	Rene in the Movies	112
28.	Guy Cloutier	117
29.	Elvis Presley	123
30.	Elvis Dies	125
31.	Ginette Reno	127
32.	The Discovery of Celine Dion	133
33.	Paul Levesque	137
34.	The Manager's Job	140
	Larking in Japan	144
35.	The First Album	145
	It's the Song That Makes the Singer!	150
36.	TBS	153
37.	A Strange Bankruptcy	157
	Child Stars	162
38.	1984	168
39.	A Run of Bad Luck	172
40.	Paul Levesque Again	174
41.	On Tour	177
42.	Anne Renee Changes Her Tune	180
43.	A Rose for the Pope	186
44.	At Home Again	188
45.	A Fresh Start	192
46.	Rene's Self-Questioning	194
47.	A Sabbatical Year	196
48.	The Gambler	198
49.	CBS	202
50.	Luc Plamondon	204
51.	The Machine Breaks Down	207
52.	Incognito	209
53.	Celine Sings in English	212
54.	The Incognito Tour	215
55.	Eurovision	218
56.	True Love	220
57.	The First English-Language Album	225
58.	Professor Foster	227
	David Foster	230
59.	Celine the Actress	233
	Colonel Parker	236
60.	Nickels	239
61.	The Unison Show and Rene in Politics	242
	Sony Buys CBS	247
62.	A Canadian Tour	248
63.	It Was Celine Who Changed Rene	250
64.	Beauty and the Beast	254
	Oscar Night	256
65.	Plamondon Again	258
66.	A Heart Attack in Los Angeles	261
67.	Celine's Independence	266
68.	Seville	267
69.	Lise Payette	270
70.	The Engagement	274
71.	Putting Quebec First	277
72.	The Wedding	280
73.	Compulsive, to Say the Least	283
74.	Goldman	286
75.	Celine among Rene's Idols	289
	Diane Warren	291
76.	On the Summit	293
77.	Of Love and Biographies	295
78.	Titanic	304
79.	Alice Sara Passes Away	307
80.	1998: How to Party	309
	They're Overdoing It, But Who Can Blame Them?	312
81.	Cancer	314
82.	Rene Unburdens Himself	317
	The "Angelic" Control of Information	319
83.	Las Vegas	326
84.	Rene's Idols	330
85.	A New Day Begins	334
86.	Rene's Nightmare	338
87.	Life in Las Vegas	342
88.	The Future	348