{"id":73702,"date":"2026-04-16T17:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/?p=73702"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:26:01","slug":"ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/fr\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry\/","title":{"rendered":"Les pionniers de la musique country de l'Ontario :<br>Marlene Beaudry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARLENE BEAUDRY est n\u00e9e \u00e0 Alliston, en Ontario, et a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 plus tard \u00e0 Toronto pour poursuivre sa carri\u00e8re d'interpr\u00e8te de musique country. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u201c d\u00e9couverte \u201d par le producteur\/promoteur de musique Ben Weatherby alors qu'elle se produisait dans les bo\u00eetes de nuit de Toronto (Edison Hotel \/ The Caribou Club, etc.) \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1960, et il a produit ses premiers enregistrements de carri\u00e8re, sortis sur le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre label Arc Records.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-73705 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-2-300x296.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-2-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-2-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-2-150x148.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-2-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-2.jpeg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Marlene Beaudry est entr\u00e9e sur la sc\u00e8ne de l'enregistrement en 1968 avec un succ\u00e8s imm\u00e9diat \u00e0 la radio pour sa reprise du tube de Jeannie C. Riley, \u201c Harper Valley PTA \u201d. C'\u00e9tait le premier single de son premier album chez Arc Records, du m\u00eame nom. Curieusement, Marlene n'a interpr\u00e9t\u00e9 que quatre des dix chansons de son premier album, qui comprend \u00e9galement des succ\u00e8s pop de l'\u00e9poque, dont \u201c Mrs. Robinson \u201d, \u201c Hurdy Gurdy Man \u201d et \u201c Mony, Mony \u201d \u2013 tous interpr\u00e9t\u00e9s par des chanteurs non identifi\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Un album de suivi, \u201c Country Reflections \u201d (Arc-790), \u00e9tait rempli des interpr\u00e9tations par Marlene Beaudry de succ\u00e8s country, y compris des reprises de ses enregistrements de \u201c Harper Valley PTA \u201d, \u201c Nobody But A Fool \u201d et \u201c Touch My Heart \u201d de sa premi\u00e8re parution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73704 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-1-297x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-1-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-1-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-1-150x152.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-1-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-1.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/>Un troisi\u00e8me album, \u201c Woman Is Boss \u201d (Arc-812), sorti en 1969, a marqu\u00e9 la continuation du succ\u00e8s de Marlene Beaudry avec ses reprises des succ\u00e8s de Nashville de l'\u00e9poque, ainsi que deux chansons \u00e9crites par des auteurs-compositeurs canadiens : la chanson titre de l'album, \u201c Woman Is Boss \u201d, a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9crite par Eric Robertson, et \u201c Pride In Mind \u201d par G. Lowe. Marlene Beaudry a \u00e9galement fait \u00e9quipe avec la l\u00e9gende de la c\u00f4te Est, Dick Nolan (\u201c Aunt Martha\u2019s Sheep \u201d), pour deux albums en duo : \u201c Duets \u201d en 1969 et un album de suivi, \u201c Country Hits \u201d, tous deux sur le label Arc Records.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73706\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73706\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73706\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-4-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-4-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-4-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-4-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cmaontario.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ontarios-country-music-pioneers-marlene-beaudry-4.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-73706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marlene Beaudry avec son partenaire d'enregistrement en duo Dick Nolan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Les singles de Marlene Beaudry sur Arc Records comprenaient \u201cHarper Valley PTA\u201d, \u201cPride In Mind\u201d, et \u201cRoses, Rain &amp; Yesterday\u201d \u2013 cette derni\u00e8re chanson, \u00e9crite par Harlan Howard, n'\u00e9tait pas disponible sur ses albums. Quatre de ses enregistrements figuraient \u00e9galement sur l'album \u201cMore Country Hits\u201d d'Arc Records (divers artistes), dont \u201cStand By Your Man\u201d, \u201cThe Girl Most Likely\u201d, \u201cFlattery Will Get You Everywhere\u201d, et \u201cYour Squaw Is On The Warpath\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir beaucoup tourn\u00e9 en Ontario, au Qu\u00e9bec et dans les Maritimes, Marlene Beaudry s'est discr\u00e8tement retir\u00e9e du monde de la musique. Heureusement, elle nous a laiss\u00e9 un catalogue solide d'\u0153uvres pour que son nom reste parmi les pionni\u00e8res de la musique country canadienne.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARLENE BEAUDRY est n\u00e9e \u00e0 Alliston, en Ontario, et a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 plus tard \u00e0 Toronto pour poursuivre sa carri\u00e8re d'interpr\u00e8te de musique country. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u201cd\u00e9couverte\u201d par le producteur\/promoteur de musique Ben Weatherby alors que\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":73707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1250],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ontario-pioneers-2026","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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