chanter"). Books, theses, plays and television series were written about her. A movie was released in December 2004: Alys Robi: Ma vie en cinémascope ("Alys Robi: My Life in Cinemascope"), titled Bittersweet Memories in English. Robitaille has published two autobiographies: Ma carrière, ma vie ("My Career, My Life", 1980) and Un long cri dans la nuit: Cinq Années à l'Asile ("A Long Cry in the Night: Five Years in the Asylum", 1990). The last autobiography title comes from the song Un long cri dans la nuit, written and composed for Lady Alys by the songwriter Christine Charbonneau in 1989. Several of Robi's songs have been used for commercial ads. Sico, notably, played on the similarity between its brand name and the title of "Tico Tico" to produce a very catchy campaign based on a spoof of the song. Robitaille died in the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, at the age of 88, on May 28, 2011. Discography Diva (2005) (recorded in 1946 at the CBC) Laissez-moi encore chanter (1989) Compilations Alys Robi, Collection QIM (2005) Alys Robi, l'anthologie (2004) La Collection – volume 1 & 2 (1995) La Collection – volume 1 (1995) Les Succès d'Alys Robi (1962, 1995) References Further reading Beaunoyer, Jean. Fleur d'Alys. Montréal: Leméac, cop. 1994. 254, [4] p., ill. (ports.). Sévigny, Jean-Pierre. Sierra Norteña: the Influence of Latin Music on the French-Canadian Popular Song and Dance Scene, Especially as Reflected in the Career of Alys Robi and the Pedagogy of Maurice Lacasse-Morenoff. Montréal: Productions Juke-Box, 1994. 13 p. N.B. Published text of a paper prepared for, and presented, on 12 March 1994, the conference, Popular Music Music & Identity (Montréal, Qué., 12–13 March 1994), under the auspices of the Canadian Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. 1923 births 2011 deaths Canadian autobiographers Canadian women jazz singers French-language singers of Canada French Quebecers Musicians from Quebec City Lobotomised people RCA Victor artists Spanish-language singers of Canada Women autobiographers 20th-century Canadian women singers Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom