After a stay three years in France, where he won, in 1951, for his song "Moi, mes souliers ...", the Grand Prize of the disc of the Charles-Cros Academy, he returned to Quebec, where his merits will earn him the highest distinctions and numerous awards, including the Order of Canada in 1968, the Calixa-Lavallée award in 1975, the Denise-Pelletier award in 1977 and the Ordre national du Québec in 1985.