Belgian-born Canadian singer, author and record producer
Rick Allison
Rick Allison (born Éric Vleminckx, born July 17, 1964,[1] in
Brussels) is a Belgian-born Canadian[1] singer, author and record producer.
Biography
In 1990, Allison met singer
Lara Fabian in a piano-bar in Brussels. They started writing their first songs together and went to
Montréal in 1991 to work on Fabian's first album.[2]This record came out in 1991 in Canada and was a huge commercial success. Allison produced Fabian's following francophone albums Carpe Diem, Pure and Nue, all of which performed very well and spawned several hit singles in Canada and French-speaking Europe. He also worked on her first English-language album Lara Fabian.[3]
In 2004, Allison and Fabian, who had been a couple in real life, broke up and also ended their professional relationship.[5] This was followed by a series of legal battles over the use of the copyright of Fabian's songs.[6] Allison also contributed five songs to Chimène Badi's hit album Dis-moi que tu m'aimes and worked on two songs
Michel Sardou's album Du plaisir.[7]
Since, he has composed songs for several French and French-Canadian singers such as
Gino Quilico,
Vincent Niclo, Marc-André Fortin, Suzie Villeneuve and
Magalie Vaé, for whom he produced the album Magalie in 2006.[7]
In 2004, Allison won the International Achievement Award with co-writer
Lara Fabian at the Francophone
SOCAN Awards in Montreal.[8]
2005: Songs En toi and Si je te parle de moi in the album Non négociable of
Marie Chantal Toupin
2006: Album Magalie of
Magalie Vaé with the single Je ne suis qu'une chanson
2006: Ten songs for the album Un nom sur mon visage of
Vincent Niclo
2006: Song Je reviens sur terre in the album Mon cœur est une pomme of Ariane Gauthier
2007: Song Je demande à la vie in the eponymous album of Marc-André Fortin
2008: Eight songs for the eponymous album of Suzie Villeneuve[9]
2010: He releases the album Hit's Amore of Vincenzo Thoma also with the clip "Careless Whisper"
2012: His album "De l'interieur" includes his compositions which are more intimate
2014: He writes lyrics for the song "Le vent et le cri" on the music of
Ennio Morricone performed by
Romina Arena
2015: Producing and writing in collaboration the album of Lola Dargenti released in Canada in April, the single "La libertad" went into Top 5
2015: Released the single of
Étienne Drapeau "Eres mi reina"
2016: He produce and writes two songs for the best-of by Marie-Chantal Toupin, "Merci" and "Derrière soi"
2017: He release the album "Una Via" of the Corsican band I Messageri in Bastia in the studio which he managed in the house he was staying in, instant success!
2017: He produces and writes the album of Fabrizio Zeva, Italo-belgian artist
2017: He produces and writes in collaboration an EP for the american artist, born in Ukraine Dina Layzis
2017: Starts the writing for the musical comedy "RISE" in collaboration with Thierry Sforza
2018: Song "L'âge que j'ai" with Didier Golemanas in reprise in the album of
Petula Clark
2018: He released the song "Comme une évidence" for the duo
Lynda Lemay and Jean-Charles Wery
2018: He released several songs for the new album of
Ginette Reno