- Rene had a popular weekly TV variety show in the mid '70s in Canada.
- Does work for Fondation Achille-Tanguay, founded by Céline Dion's mother.
- Older brother of Nathalie Simard. Both were managed as children by Guy Cloutier.
- Married Marie-Josée Taillefer at the Church of Saint-Sauveur in Montréal before over 700 guests as about 6,000 fans waited outside.
- Learned to speak English in three months.
- "The Rene Simard Show" (1977) was produced by Alan Thicke.
- His first albums were produced by René Angélil.
- Won the 1974 International Festival of Song, and presented with its Frank Sinatra Trophy by Sinatra himself.
- His children, Olivier and Rosalie Simard, were born deaf.
- Brother of Régis Simard.
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