Jean Robitaille
Lyricist
Lee Gagnon
Composer
Among his many compositions are the musical themes for the television programs Les Beaux Dimanches, Le Point and Le Téléjournal. He also is the creator of the 1976 Montreal Olympics theme song, Je t’aime, performed by Estelle Sainte-Croix.
Des croissants de soleil was one of Jean Robitaille’s first songs. “Lee Gagnon asked me to write the lyrics for a song he was planning to propose to Ginette Reno,” he says. “I was excited by the opportunity, as this was to be my first songwriting experience.” Des croissants de soleil became one of Ginette Reno’s greatest hits, and an unqualified success for Robitaille and Gagnon. “I heard our song everywhere and on all occasions,” Robitaille recalls. “My mother sang it at home, I heard it in Western bars, at weddings, in commercials and so on. This song is now a Quebec classic, and I still find it hard to believe that the inspiration behind it came from myself and my friend Lee Gagnon.”
