Veronique Beliveau was a Quebec recording star long before her splash into English Canada in 1987. She started with the dream of becoming a ballerina, but rheumatic fever at a young age made her too weak to endure the rigorous exercises. Instead she too up singing and began performing professionally at age 16 doing the soft-chanteuse lounge approach only to be discovered by Francois Bernard, a well connected man in the music industry who took her into a recording studio to record one single for Quebec's independent Nobel label.
As she matured and began moving towards pop music, she landed a deal with RCA in 1977 and released two French language albums with them before moving to A & M for 1983's 'Transit' album.
This record was named Pop Album Of The Year at the l'ADISQ Awards and led to a 1984 Most Promising Female Vocalist Juno nomination and a performance, in a gossip inducing black rubber dress, on the nation wide telecast of the awards show. English Canada got their first taste of the singer. With 1985's 'Cover Girl', Veronique was still singing in French, and had won a coveted place on the "Tears Are Not Enough" Ethiopian Famine Relief record singing alongside Richard Seguin.
She would perform for the Prince and Princess of Wales at Expo '86 and appear on a Frank Mills TV special
1987's 'Borderline' finally broke Beliveau in the English speaking market under her unique first name. The first single "Make A Move On Me" became a national hit and led to appearances on Canada's most prestigious TV shows (and even the comic 'Super Dave Osbourne Show').
Singles
1972 [title unknown] (Nobel)
1977 Nous Partirons En Univers (RCA)
1980 Aimer (RCA)
1983 Je Suis Fidele (A & M)
1983 C'est Un Reveur (A & M)
1983 That Boy (A & M)
1984 Please (A & M)
1985 Je Suis Comme Je Suis (A & M)
1985 Toute La Nuit (A & M)
1985 Le Rock (A & M)
1985 Cover Girl (A & M)
as VERONIQUE 1986 Make A Move On Me (A & M)
1987 I Can't Help It (A & M)
1989 Jerusalem (A & M) [duet with Marc Gabriel]
1989 House of Love (A & M)
Albums
1977 Prends-moi comme je suis (RCA)
1981 Veronique Beliveau (RCA)
1983 Transit (A & M)
1985 Cover Girl (A & M)
as VERONIQUE 1987 Borderline (A & M)
1989 Veronique
Video
1985 Tears Are Not Enough [full-length documentary]
1986 Make A Move On Me
1987 I Can't Help It
1989 House Of Love
Collaboration Tracks
with NORTHERN LIGHTS
1985 "Tears Are Not Enough"
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