{{short description|Canadian musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} '''Jean-Guy (Chuck) Labelle''' (born 18 March 1954) is a Franco-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who performs francophone New Country-Rock music.<ref>{{cite web|last=Marleau|first=Denyse|title=Chuck Labelle|url=https://ontarioindependentmusicarchive.ca/en/artist/chuck-labelle|publisher=Ontario Independent Music Archive|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gagnon |first=Paulette |date=1995 |title=Labelle histoire de Chuck |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/liaison/1995-n82-liaison1163889/42363ac.pdf |access-date=2024-11-05 |magazine=Liaison |issue=82}}</ref> His 1999 single, ''Le Cowboy'', released in both French and English versions, was No. 1 on the European country music charts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chuck Labelle|url=https://ontario400.ca/400jours/chuck-labelle/|publisher=Ontario 400|date=2015-05-15|access-date=2022-02-12}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|last=Kirman|first=Paula E.|title=Franco-Canadian Musicians|url=http://www.insideworldmusic.com/library/weekly/aa021299.htm|publisher=Inside World Music|date=1999-12-01|access-date=2021-11-16}}</ref> Labelle has written and produced over 150 original songs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrating Sudbury's top artists while supporting them in tough times|url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/celebrating-sudburys-top-artists-while-supporting-them-in-tough-times|work=Sudbury Star|date=2020-09-26|access-date=2021-11-02}}</ref> In 2015, he received the Prix Hommage award from the Association des professionels de la chanson et de la musique.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gala des prix Trille Or: Les lauréats du souper de l'industrie|url=https://info-culture.biz/2015/05/07/gala-des-prix-trille-or-les-laureats-du-souper-de-lindustrie/|work=Info-Culture|date=2015-05-07|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Franco-Ontarian country music star Chuck Labelle performs June 3 in St-Eugene/Chuck Labelle, un auteur-compositeur-interprète franco-ontarien de la région de Sudbury sera en spectacle le 3 juin 2018|url=https://thereview.ca/2018/05/07/franco-ontarian-country-music-star-chuck-labelle-performs-june-3-in-st-eugene/|work=The Review |location=Hawkesbury, Ontario|date=2018-05-07|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref>
==Discography==
* ''Chuck.'' 1994. Produced by Robert Paquette. * ''Un Cadeau de Noël.'' 1995. Duo with Robert Paquette. Produced by Chuck Labelle and Robert Paquette.<ref>{{cite interview|author=Robert Paquette and Chuck Labelle|title=Grande rencontre avec Chuck Labelle et Robert Paquette|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/jonction-11-17/segments/entrevue/144915/labelle-paquette-cadeau-noel-album-anniversaire|work=Jonction 11-17|publisher=Radio-Canada|interviewer=Éric Robitaille|date=2019-12-05|access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Chuck Labelle and Robert Paquette|date=1996|title=Un Cadeau de Noël|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18295792-Jean-Guy-Labelle-Robert-Paquette-Un-Cadeau-De-No%C3%ABl|url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-26|website=Discogs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224172441/https://www.discogs.com/release/18295792-Jean-Guy-Labelle-Robert-Paquette-Un-Cadeau-De-No%C3%ABl |archive-date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> * ''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.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Chuck Labelle and Robert Paquette|date=2005|title=Noël en tout et partout|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18295909-Robert-Paquette-Jean-Guy-Labelle-No%C3%ABl-En-Tout-Et-Partout|url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-26|website=Discogs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224172439/https://www.discogs.com/release/18295909-Robert-Paquette-Jean-Guy-Labelle-No%C3%ABl-En-Tout-Et-Partout |archive-date=24 February 2022 }}</ref> * ''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.
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==External links== * [http://www.chucklabelle.com Chuck Labelle] * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/6442397-Jean-Guy-Labelle Chuck Labelle.] Discography at Discogs.com
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