César et les Romains

Quebec pop group formed in 1965, and disbanded in 1968, consisting of Daniel Lachance, Dino L'Espérance, Donald Seward, Jacques Moisan and Maurice Bélanger, who was replaced in 1966 by Pierre Sidor. The group first performed under the name César et les Romains on April 25, 1965, dressed in costumes similar to those of the Romans: toga, skirt and sandals. A few days later, the band released their first single, " Splish splash ", a cover of Bobby Darin's English-language hit, which spent four weeks at number one on the Quebec charts. In the autumn of the same year, the group scored further success with the songs " Pour toi " and " Toi et moi " from their self-titled debut album. In early 1966, César et les Romains covered an Elvis Presley song, " That's When Your Heartaches Begin ", which they called " C'est la fin ". A few months later comes their second album, XII x V. The band is voted the most spectacular group of the year at the Gala des artistes that same year. In addition to touring Quebec, the band performed in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and the U.S. East Coast. In 1967, the band burned their costumes on stage, and changed to evening wear in the future. Later that year, they released their third album, Le Jour du Dernier Jour. At the end of the year, along with several other Quebec groups of the day, he takes part in the Noël En Groupe opus, where he performs the song " L'Enfant au tambour ". The following year, the group released the album Dalila and disbanded in December 1968. In 1975, the group reformed for two shows in Montreal and Quebec City. In the summer of 1994, the band returned to the studio and released a new album of new recordings of their old hits. In 2015, the group returned with two original members, Donald Seward and Jacques Moisan, accompanied by Guy Lamarche, Rémi Perron and Ric Lozier, to produce a few shows and bring the band back to life on stage.