Anne Marie Cyr
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Anne Marie Cyr (born 1963) is a French Canadian singer and TV presenter who was active during the early 1980s. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Cyr came to prominence on Montreal cable television presenting on shows such as the The Musi-Video Show (a fore runner to Canada's MuchMusic) . Whilst at Musi-video she was asked to provide female backing vocals for the studio Synthpop band Nudimension who were appearing on the show.
Originall selected mainly for her looks it would soon become apparent to Nudimension's founder Louie Rondeau and Marc Fontaine that Cyr was a very competant vocalist. She would go on to become the band's most prominent female vocalist, although she was never considered a perminant member of the band. [1]
In early 1983 Nudimension released the francophone single Amour Programmé which was a synthpop duet between band founder Louie Rondeau (former drummer for the 222s) and Cyr. Released on the Saisons label principally in Quebec, it became a minor hit in the francophone regions of Canada; and by export in France and remaining North America. Cyr and Rondeau appeared together on the Canadian network TV show Lautrec '83 (presented by Donald Lautrec) to promote the single, her highest-profile TV performance.
Four other singles followed, including "Big Boy" and "Hor La Loi (Anne Marie version)" which both featured Cyr on lead vocals. But without the commercial success that Amour Programmé achieved; and beyond 1986 Cyr did not work with Nudimension further.[1] Nudimension would eventually stop recording around 1990.
Today she continues to live in Montreal, but no longer works in the media. The majority of Cyr's work with Nudimension is featured on their 2009 greatest hits album The Best of Nudimension.
References
- ^ a b Jackson, Rick (1994). Encyclopaedia of Canadian rock, pop and folk music. Quarry Press, Kingston, ON, Canada. ISBN 15-50821-075.
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