Early career

Robert Léger is responsible for writing many of the québécois group Beau Dommage

Beau Dommage

Beau Dommage is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, who achieved popular success in Quebec and France in the 1970s. The group's style included rich vocal harmonies and elements borrowed from folk and country music.-History:...

's biggest hits. He, along with Pierre Huet and Michel Rivard

Michel Rivard

Michel Rivard , is a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His father was an actor, Robert Rivard...

 studied at l'Université de Québec à Montréal as part of the Quenouille Bleue, a theatre group at the school, during the early 70s.

Beau Dommage

Léger, along with Huet and Rivard

Michel Rivard

Michel Rivard , is a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His father was an actor, Robert Rivard...

, is attributed as one of the main talents of the folk-rock group, Beau Dommage

Beau Dommage

Beau Dommage is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, who achieved popular success in Quebec and France in the 1970s. The group's style included rich vocal harmonies and elements borrowed from folk and country music.-History:...

, and has written a large number of the bands popular songs from their self-titled debut album, Beau Dommage. While they were largely popular during the mid seventies, they reformed on a number of occasions in the eighties and early nineties and are still popular amongst the Québec population today.

Recent years

While Léger no longer makes music, he now holds teaches song writing at the National School of Music at the CÉGEP

Cégep

CEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...

 of Granby

Granby, Quebec

Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and...

, Québec.