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[[Robert Charlebois]] is a French-Canadian singer.
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[[File:Robert Charlebois and Zappa.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Robert Charlebois and Zappa. Photo credit: Michel Penomareff.]]
  
Zappa arranged and played guitar on the track "Petroleum" on Charlebois' album "[[Swing Charlebois Swing]]" (LP, Canadian Solution Ltée/Kébec Disc SN 939, 1977)  
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'''Robert Charlebois''' (25 June 1944) is a French-[[Canada|Canadian]] singer and actor.
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==Zappa and Charlebois==
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Zappa arranged and played guitar on Charlebois' track "Petroleum", recorded on 30 June 1974. However, he didn't release it right away.<ref>http://www.donlope.net/fz/related/Swing_Charlebois_Swing.html</ref> On 22 October 1977 Charlebois met Zappa backstage at the Forum in [[Montreal]], Quebec in Canada. That same year "Petroleum" was released on Charlebois' album ''[[Swing Charlebois Swing]]'' (LP, Canadian Solution Ltée/Kébec Disc SN 939, 1977). <ref>http://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1977.html</ref>
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==Quotes by Charlebois about Zappa==
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''"My only friend in American showbiz along with Stan Getz. He gave me a nice present by producing my song 'Petroleum'. I believe that he dreamed of being [[Edgar Varèse|Varèse or [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]] at the end of his life. He was a workaholic who hated drugs."'' - Robert Charlebois, 14 November 2001 Zut boF. <ref>http://www.donlope.net/fz/related/Swing_Charlebois_Swing.html</ref>
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==References==
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==See also==
 
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* http://clindoeil.canoe.com/societe/article1/2006/12/01/CharleboisZappa.jpg
 
* http://clindoeil.canoe.com/societe/article1/2006/12/01/CharleboisZappa.jpg
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==External links==
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* [[Wikipedia:Robert Charlebois]]
  
 
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Revision as of 02:25, 11 September 2020

Robert Charlebois and Zappa. Photo credit: Michel Penomareff.

Robert Charlebois (25 June 1944) is a French-Canadian singer and actor.

Zappa and Charlebois

Zappa arranged and played guitar on Charlebois' track "Petroleum", recorded on 30 June 1974. However, he didn't release it right away.[1] On 22 October 1977 Charlebois met Zappa backstage at the Forum in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. That same year "Petroleum" was released on Charlebois' album Swing Charlebois Swing (LP, Canadian Solution Ltée/Kébec Disc SN 939, 1977). [2]

Quotes by Charlebois about Zappa

"My only friend in American showbiz along with Stan Getz. He gave me a nice present by producing my song 'Petroleum'. I believe that he dreamed of being [[Edgar Varèse|Varèse or Stockhausen at the end of his life. He was a workaholic who hated drugs." - Robert Charlebois, 14 November 2001 Zut boF. [3]

References

See also

External links