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Born May 14, 1961 in Sainte-Foy (now part of Quebec City), Leloup grew up in Algeria, where he was influenced by traditional African rhythms. He appeared on the Quebec music scene in the 1980s, making waves with his provocative lyrics – in his song "1990", he compares the high-tech actions of Desert Storm to the sexual activities of himself and his girlfriend. His 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo album "L'amour est sans pitié" was a hitHIT acronym can mean: Hibernation Inducement Trigger a chemical with potentially wide applications in organ transplant and space travel as an acronym, HIT is Harbin Institute of Technology, one of the premier research universities in China. in medicine, H outside of Quebec, licensed in FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents., HollandThis article is about the region in the Netherlands. For other uses, see Holland (disambiguation). Holland is the name of a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. Holland is a former county of the Holy Roman Empire and later the leading me, BelgiumFor alternate meanings, see Belgium (disambiguation). Belgian redirects here. For the horse breed commonly used as a draft horse, see Belgian. The Kingdom of Belgium ( Dutch: Belgi French: Belgique German: Belgien is a country in Western Europe, bordered and JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh.
Jean Leloup is an important part of Quebec's transforming music scene. Since the Quiet RevolutionJean Lesage, Daniel Johnson Sr. and Rene Levesque, three prominent actors of the Quiet Revolution. The Quiet Revolution Revolution tranquille was a period of rapid change in Quebec in the 1960s. It was characterized by: The rapid and effective secularisat of the 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around, Quebec has been developing its identity as a francophone land as well as its individuality from English speaking North America and other French speaking nations. Leloup is a Quebecois hero for his contribution to the local art scene and the development of the musical culture. Leloup is the recipient of a Felix, the Quebec version of a Grammy.
At the end of 2003, Leloup "died" or, rather, Jean Leclerc retired the name. This was, in fact, another piece of elaborate fantasy staging, typical of the wild and eccentric artist. Little is know of what Jean Leclerc will do, now that his Leloup persona has been "silenced". He might record under his own name, or work further on publishing written prose.