Ginette Reno, OC CQ (born 28 April 1946) is a French Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She has received nominations for the Genie and Gemini Awards and is a multi-recipient of the Juno Award. She is a gold and platinum selling Canadian musician. Born Ginette Raynault in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she began singing in 1960 and won the talent contest "Les Découvertes de Jean Simon" (Jean Simons Discoveries). With this success, three clubs in Montreal (Café Caprice, le Café de lEst and the Café Provincial) offered Reno her first professional contract. Reno is a gold and platinum selling Canadian artist.She has recorded in both English and French. Her biggest hit in English was her 1970 song "Beautiful Second Hand Man". It reached #2 on the RPM singles chart for the week of 28 November 1970.The song was from her third album Beautiful Second Hand Man released in 1971 on Parrot Records.The song was re-released on the French record label...