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Les Sultans
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Les Sultans was a French Canadian music band greatly affected by the British invasion of sixties (The Beatles and the Rolling Stones), American folk-rock tradition[1] and French yé-yé pop of the sixties. It was formed in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec in 1964 in and was a greatly successful band until its disbanding in 1968. The origins of the band go back to 1962 when guitarist Claude Reid, a young musician greatly affected by British sounds established as an adolescent les Dots, an instrumental combo with Marcel Richard and shortly later André Dion and Gilles Henry and drummer Michel Dufault. In 1963, a vocalist Bruce Huard joined the formation giving it a great boost. With increasing success, the band adopted more British sounds and changed its name to Les Sultans and in 1964 was signed to Fontaine record label as a new Quebec band to ride the Beatlemania bandwagon. Les Sultans original formation was vocalist Bruce Huard, guitar player Claude Reid and drummer Michel Dufault all from Les Dots days, in addition to Denis Forcier on guitars and Ghislain Dufault on bass. Early 1964, the band became known for "Toujours devant moi" a remake of Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Oh Lady" already made popular by Chats Sauvages and Spanish covers for "Cielito Lindo" and "La Bamba". In autumn 1964, les Sultans were chosen to succeed the Hou-Lops, another Maskoutain group from the late 1950s, in the popular youth programme Bonsoir Copains on CHLT-TV in Sherbrooke. Managed by Jean-Gu
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Bruce et les Sultans - Le top 30
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Les Groupes Des Années 60
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Les meilleures chansons POP ROCK des groupes des années 60 - Volume 6
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Boulevard des années 60
Les Sultans (Remasterisé)
Best Of Les Sultans
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Les groupes des années 60 chantent Noël
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L'histoire des groupes des années 60-volume 1
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Ils Sont Fous Ces Gaulois Vol. 3