Roger Doucet sings the US and Canadian anthems at Forum de Montreal - May 10, 1979

Roger Doucet, (21 April 1919 -- 19 July 1981) was a Canadian tenor best known for singing the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", on televised games of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Alouettes, and Montreal Expos during the 1970s. He was particularly known for his bilingual version of the anthem, which began in French and ended in English, in recognition of the two languages of Canada.

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[nutballgazette]

@patbb I do believe you are correct that he went to the Soviet Union to do anthems

[patbb]

@nutballgazette

I sure would like to ear that.

I think that he was also invited by the Soviets to sing in the USSR.

[CaptRaven54]

Greatest anthem singer ever!!!!!!!

[nsminc]

Best ever.Thanks for the memories Roger.....

[AK47Music]

@EmeldasDad Agreed on that as well.

[nutballgazette]

@sparkybus I always felt the same way. There always was a little extra juice in the air on those Saturday Night games for the Forum

[NormAppleton]

@nutballgazette  He did the best Soviet anthem ever.

[EmeldasDad]

1. Roger Doucet.

2. Everybody else.

[annieamieamiami]

@sparkybus Well said :)

[nutballgazette]

I will always remember the 1976 Canada Cup Series, With Canada, the United States, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Finland, he sang all the countries anthems in their own languages