Francophone folk singer Francine Raymond was born on June 9, 1956, in Montreal,
Quebec. She took her first steps in the early 1960s music by performing as a
soloist in the choir of the Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix church and later learning how
to play lap steel guitar. After writing her first couple of songs and cutting
her teeth in the local gigging circuit playing with Les Séguin and Gilles
Valiquette, she teamed up with the Péloquin brothers to form Hollywood and Vine,
a group that was active between 1977 and 1984. During this time, Francine
Raymond had her first taste of success as...