Les Classels

Michel Caron, Jean-Clément Drouin, Serge Drouin and Pierre Therrien were in the band Special Tones in 1960. In 1961, Gilles Girard joined them. A few years later, the group met the promoter Ben Kaye who rebranded them, creating the group Les Classels in February 1964. They often wore all white costumes: white wigs, white clothing and played white musical instruments. The Classels' are known for their songs "Avant de me dire adieu", "Ton amour a changé ma vie", "Le sentier de neige". They were written by Ben Kaye, Lucien Brien (lyrics) and Hal Stanley (composition). Michel Caron and Jean-Clément Drouin also wrote their own songs in a style closer to yé-yé. Les Classels also performed songs by English-speaking bands. The Classels started the trend of singer-instrumentalist bands in Quebec.