Roméo Beaudry

Montréal, February 25, 1882 - Outremont, May 7, 1932. A pioneer of Québec music industry as producer and composer, he contributed to the birth of the Québec record industry. Between 1900 and 1912: Representative in Québec City for the Willis Piano Company. 1912: Representative for the Starr Sales Company (The Starr Piano Co.) in Montréal. Music review at the newspaper La Patrie. 1915: In charge of the French repertoire of the Columbia Graphophone Company (New York). 1917: Participated in the organization of the Canadian Phonograph Supply. Becomes Vice President and General Manager for the Starr Co. Of Canada Limited. Introduced successively the series Starr 11000 (1920), 12000 (1921), 15130 (1924) and 19000 (1931). During a trip to France in 1921, he obtained the distribution rights to several recordings by French music-hall artists, including Bergeret, Linel, Wolff and Rasca, which were included in the Starr 11000 series. He recorded more than 150 of his French adaptations of American hits by Starr’s and His Master's Voice’s artists. He also composed original songs of which more than 75 are recorded, among which the great hits "L'amour se souvient" and "Ne fais jamais pleurer ta mère" (Hercule Lavoie), "Alouette, n'ais pas peur de moi" (Albert Marier) and "Les baisers sont les fleurs de l'amour" (Charles-Émile Brodeur). He also established the Radio Music Publisher/Editions Radio, a sheet music publishing company. April 1929: He commits to record four records before the end of the year to a new singer who is warmly recommended to him by Ovila Légaré and J.O. Lamadeleine, Mrs. Edouard Bolduc (La Bolduc).