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19th Annual SOCAN Awards
Montreal 2008 – Winners List

To view photos of award winners, simply click on the name of the winning song or person. Because photos displayed here are large files intended for media use, they may require a few seconds longer than usual to open. All Awards photos by Michel Gagné photography.

Lifetime Achievement Award
International Achievement Award
Special Achievement Award
The Most Performed Francophone Songs in Quebec
Discovery of the Year Song
Anglophone Song
Jan V. Matejcek Concert Music Award
Hagood Hardy Jazz Music Award
International Television Series Music Award
Domestic Television Series Music Award
Domestic Feature Film Music Award
SOCAN Classics
SOCAN Salutes
Patron of Music Award


Lifetime Achievement Award

François Dompierre


The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to SOCAN members who have had outstanding success throughout their musical career.

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International Achievement Award

Louis Côté
K-MARO (Cyril Kamar)


The International Achievement Award is given to SOCAN members who have brought international recognition to Canada through their music.

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Special Achievement Award

Oscar Peterson


The Special Achievement Award is given to people who have greatly contributed to Canada’s musical industry and/or musical heritage over the course of their careers.

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The Most Performed
Francophone Songs in Quebec


"Au gré des saisons"
Writer: Dumas
Publishers: Les Éditions Tacca
Éditions La Tribu
 
"Le Bonheur te fait de l’œil"
Writer: France D’Amour
François Leveillée
Publishers: Les Éditions France D’Amour
Les Éditions Tacca
 
"Café Lézard"
Writer: Vincent Vallières
Publishers: Les Éditions BYC ltée.
Les Éditions Trente Arpents
 
"Dégénérations"
Writers: Stéphane Archambault
Éric Desranleau
Marie-Hélène Fortin
Frédéric Giroux
Marc-André Paquet
Publisher: Les Éditions S.B. enr.
 
"Entre Matane et Baton Rouge"
Writer: Michel Rivard
Publisher: Les Éditions Sauvages
 
"Les Jours de pluie"
Writers: David Bussières
Justine Laberge
Publisher: Les Éditions Tacca
 
"Laisser l’été avoir 15 ans"
Writer: Claude Dubois
Publisher: Les Éditions Musicales Pingouin Inc.
 
"Mexico"
Writer: Steve Veilleux
Publisher: Éditions LLP
 
"Pixels flous"
Writers: Michel Brunelle
Stefie Shock
Publisher: Les Éditions DAP
 
"Les Vieux chums"
Writer: Jonathan Painchaud
Publisher: Les Éditions Sphère inc.
 

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Discovery of the Year Song

"La Fin du monde"
Writer: Xavier Caféïne
 

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Anglophone Song

"Keep the Car Running"
Writers: Will Butler
Win Butler
Régine Chassagne
Jeremy Gara
Tim Kingsbury
Richard Parry
(Arcade Fire)
 

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The following SOCAN Awards were presented to members whose complete repertoire of creative works achieved the highest number of performances in their respective categories during 2007:

Jan V. Matejcek Concert Music Award

Ana Sokolovic

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Hagood Hardy Jazz Music Award

René Dupéré

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International Television Series Music Award

Raymond Fabi
Marc Giannetti
Eric Ranzenhofer / Jean-François Fabiano (SACEM)

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Domestic Television Series Music Award

Sari Dajani / Iohann Martin / Rudy Toussaint
Raymond Fabi
Laurent Guardo

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Domestic Feature Film Music Award

James Gelfand

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SOCAN Classics

The following Canadian songs received SOCAN Classic Awards for achieving the 25,000-airplay mark on domestic radio:

"C’est toujours à recommencer"
Writer: Georges Thurston Phillip Mitchell (BMI)
Publisher: Peermusic Canada Inc.
 
"Jack Monoloy"
Writer: Gilles Vigneault
Publisher: Éditions Le Rideau rouge SARL (SACEM)
 
"Mélanie"
Writer: André Sylvain
Publisher: Les Productions Comi inc.
 
"Mes blues passent pu dans porte"
Writers: Gerry Boulet
Pierre Huet
Breen LeBoeuf
Publishers: Éditions Offenbach enr.
Les Éditions Véhèmelle
 
"Prends ma main"
Writers: Gene MacLellan
Renée Martel
Publisher: EMI Blackwood Music (Canada) Ltd.
 
"Une Promesse"
Writers: Guy Godin
André Lejeune
 
"Welcome soleil"
Writer: Bertrand Gosselin
Publisher: InternationArt
 

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About SOCAN

At SOCAN, we understand that the Canadian music industry is only as strong as the sum of its parts. We are proud to play a leading role, working with other organizations to ensure the long-term health of our members’ livelihoods and the Canadian music industry as a whole. SOCAN is the Canadian copyright collective for the communication and performance of musical works. We administer these rights on behalf of our members (composers, lyricists, songwriters and their publishers) and those of affiliated international organizations by licensing this use of their music in Canada. The fees collected are distributed as royalties to our members and to affiliated organizations throughout the world. We also distribute royalties received from those organizations to our members for the use of their music worldwide. SOCAN has offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and Dartmouth.

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E-mail: pouliotj@socan.ca or richarda@socan.ca