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Lucille Dumont
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Lucille Dumont (née Lucelle Dumont, January 20, 1919 – July 29, 2016) was a Canadian singer and radio and television host. She is credited by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame with having "served and personified Quebec popular music" and popularized the music of Quebec songwriters by singing their songs. She is also credited with being "at the birth of Quebec television," participating in Radio Canada's first television shows. She was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006 and is an Officer of the Order of Canada and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Lucille Dumont (née Lucelle Dumont, in Montreal) was encouraged at a young age by her mother – who possessed a somewhat unorthodox attitude for the time – to perform on a radio station. Dumont first performed under the name of Micheline Lalonde to hide her real identity due to the societal stigma around being a performer. On October 16, 1935, at age 16, Dumont made her professional debut, performing on the Sweet Caporal radio show. It was produced by Léo Le Sieur, a pianist, organist, and composer who served as her mentor. She began hosting the Linger Awhile and Two Messengers of Melody radio show the same year, with Le Sieur performing the organ on the latter show at James S. Ogilvy's Tudor Hall. Radio Canada hired Dumont to participate in or host shows including Variétés françaises, Rêverie, Sur les boulevards, Le moulin qui jazze, Le p’tit bal des copains, Connaissez-vous la musique, Tambo
