Michel Pagliaro

Michel Armand Guy Pagliaro (born 9 November 1948) is a Canadian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist from Montreal, Quebec.[1] Pagliaro was nominated for a 1975 Juno Award as male vocalist of the year. Although he writes and records predominantly in French, Pagliaro has released material in English.

Michel Pagliaro
Pagliaro at Les FrancoFolies de Montréal in 2008
Background information
Born	(1948-11-09) 9 November 1948 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Years active	1966 – present
Labels	DCP International Spectrum Much RCA Columbia (also Pye in the UK and US, and Columbia in US; French-language recordings bear the CBS brand)
Website	pagliaro.ca

Career

Pagliaro's first nationally English-charted hit was his 1970 single "Give Us One More Chance".[2] Other significant hits in English include "Lovin' You Ain't Easy" (1971), "Rainshowers" (1972), "Some Sing Some Dance" (1972), and "What The Hell I Got" (1975). Pagliaro was the first Canadian artist to score top 40 hits on both the anglophone and francophone pop charts in Canada.[3]

Michel Pagliaro also produced[4] the first album of his son Roman's group, Les Fous de la Reine, which won both Musiqualité[5] and Diapason music contests in 2014. Their first two singles, La Guillotine and La face cachée de la neige were met with positive reception and played regularly on commercial radio stations, notably CKOI-FM.[6] He continued to perform.[7]

Awards

At the Juno Awards of 1975, Pagliaro was nominated for the Male Vocalist of the Year award.[8] Pagliaro received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, in 2008.[9] His song "J'entends frapper", a major hit in Quebec, was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010.

In 2002, Pagliaro was the recipient of the National Achievement Award at the annual Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal.[10]

Discography

Studio albums

Although several of Pagliaro's albums have the same title, releases listed are not reissues.

Year	Album	Label	Notes
1968	Michel Pagliaro	DSP International
1970	Pagliaro	Spectrum
	Première époque	Spectrum	Album featuring for the first time some singles recorded between 1966 and 1970.
1971	Pagliaro a.k.a. Rainshowers	Much	Reissued in 1976 on Amber Label
1972	PAG	RCA Victor
1974	Rockers	RCA Victor
	Pagliaro a.k.a. Ça va brasser	RCA Victor
1975	Pagliaro I	Columbia
	Pagliaro	CBS
1976	Aujourd'hui	CBS
1977	Time Race	Columbia
1978	Rock'n roll	Martin
1980	The Rockers	RCA	European release
1981	Bamboo	Trans-Canada
1988	Sous peine d'amour	Alert Music	Reissued in 1990, The track "It's love" has been replaced by "Les bombes" and "Rock somebody" by "Dangereux"; Audiogram.

Live albums

Year	Album	Label	Notes
1973	Pagliaro Live	RCA Victor
2005	Live à Québec	Earth Born Entertainment

Singles

Year	Single	Label	Notes
1966	On est heureux – J'ai cru à mon rêve	RCA Victor	With Les Tallmud
	Personne ne sait – Pour vous	Miracle	With Les Chanceliers
	Tu peux t'en aller – Non ce n'est pas fini	Trans-Canada	With Les Chanceliers
1967	Le p'tit Poppy – La génération d'aujourd'hui	Citation	With Les Chanceliers
	Toi jeune fille – Seul trop longtemps	Citation	With Les Chanceliers
	Oogum boogum – La fille dont je rêve	Citation	With Les Chanceliers
	Noel blanc – L'enfant au tambour	Citation	Side A by Les Chanceliers, Side B by César Et Les Romains
	À Paris la nuit – Attends tu verras	Citation	With Les Chanceliers
1968	Boule de suie – Herménégylde Godefroy	Citation	With Les Chanceliers
	Les vacances (with Renée Martel) – Tous les arbres sont en fleurs (by Renée Martel)	Citation
	Comme d'habitude – Sunny	DSP
	Spooky – Jojo le clown	DSP
	Ton nom imprimé sur mon cœur – Dum dum dum	DSP
	Hey Jude – Ils dépensent tout	DSP	With François d'Assise
	Saint Nicolas – Le petit enfant saint	DSP
	Que le monde est beau	DSP	Promo disc recorded on one face
1969	Comme d'habitude – Sunny – À Paris la nuit (with Les Chanceliers) – Un enfant (with Les Chanceliers)	DSP Super 4	Compilation
	Spooky (with François d'Assise) – Jojo le clown (with François d’Assise) – Les vacances (with Renée Martel) – Tous les arbres sont en fleur (with Renée Martel)	DSP Super 4	Compilation
	Avec la tête, avec le cœur – Que le monde est beau	Spectrum
	À t'aimer – Marguerite	Spectrum
	C'est l'été – Vous	Spectrum	With Renée Martel
	Pour toi, pour toi – Mama river	Spectrum
1970	Na na hey hey goodbye – Delta lady	Spectrum	With Nanette Workman
	L'amour est là – Toute la nuit	Spectrum
	J'ai marché pour une nation – Oui c'est bien facile	Spectrum
	Walking across the nation – Miami roads	Hippopotamus
	Give us one more chance – Good feelings all over	Much
	We're dancing 'til it blows over – I wanna turn you on	Much
1971	M’lady – Dans le même ton	AMI Records
	Lovin' you ain't easy – She moves light	Much
1972	Mon cœur – Pagliaro	AMI Records
	Rainshowers – It ain't the way	Much
	Revolution – Illusion	Much
	Some sing, some dance – Magic moments	Much
	Safari – Ayala red	Much	With the group Mighty
	J'entends frapper – Chez moi	RCA Victor
1973	Fou de toi – Prisonnier d'enfer	RCA Victor
	Run along, baby – You gotta make it	Much
	Sure, maybe – Northern star	Much
	Miss Ann – Notre côté B	Much	With les Rockers
1974	Faut tout donner – Histoire d'amour	RCA Victor
	Killing time – It's all over now	RCA Victor
	Toute la nuit – Plus fort	Quinze cent trente quatre
	Bébé tu m'fais flipper quand tu joues mon gazou – Illusion	RCA Victor
1975	Ti-bidon – Fièvre des tropiques	RCA Victor
	Ça va brasser – Comment	RCA Victor
	Comme d'habitude – Avec la tête, avec le cœur	Millionnaires	Reissue, previously released material
	Pour toi, pour toi – À t'aimer	Millionnaires	Reissue, previously released material
	J'entends frapper – Fou de toi	Millionnaires	Reissue, previously released material
	Ti-Bidon – Mon cœur	Millionnaires	Reissue, previously released material
	J'ai marché pour une nation – Ton nom imprimé dans mon cœur	Millionnaires	Reissue, previously released material
	M'lady – L'amour est là	Millionnaires	Reissue, previously released material
	What the hell I got – Get down	Columbia
	Dans la peau – El chicano	CBS
	J'entends frapper – Dans la peau	CBS	European release
	I don't believe it's you – Walking the dog	Columbia
1976	Louise – Nobody	Columbia
	Louise – Château d'Espagne	CBS
	Émeute dans la prison – Si tu voulais	CBS
	Louise – Si tu voulais	CBS	European release
	Last night – Last night	CBS
	Last night – Cross your heart	Columbia
1977	Aujourd'hui – Harpo	CBS
	Dock of the bay – Dock of the bay	CBS
	Dock of the bay – Laser gypsy	CBS
	Gloire à nous – C'est ma fête	CBS
	Time race – Time race	CBS
	Time race – Tied on	CBS
	Le temps presse – Time race	CBS
	Le temps presse – Rock'n roll	CBS	European release
	Happy together – Say you will	Columbia
1978	Spider woman – The stripper	Plastic Poison
	T'es pas tout seul à soir – L'ennui cherche l'amour	Disques Martin
	C'est comme ça que ça roule dans l'nord – Le p'tit train	Disques Martin
1982	Travailler – Soleil pour des lunes	Trans-Canada
	Bamboo – Romantique	Trans-Canada
	Quand on fait l'amour – Cinéma	Trans-Canada
	Cadillac – Palisades boogie	Trans-Canada
	Romantique – Cadillac	RCA	European release
1983	Body mind soul – Poison in the heart	Big Beat	European release
	Rock Billy rock – Travailler	Big Beat	European release
1987	Les bombes – Dangereux	Aquarius
1988	L'espion – Insomnie	Alert
	Coup de cœur – It's love	Alert
	Héros – Juke box	Alert
1990	Sous peine d'amour – Instrumental	Audiogram
	Une vie à vivre – Instrumental	Audiogram

Compilations

Year	Album	Label	Notes
1970	Rock 'n roll	Citation
1971	Michel Pagliaro	Trans-World
1972	M'Lady	Trans-World
1973	21 disques d'or	Les Archives du Disque Québécois
1975	17 grands succès	Production Multi-Pop
1981	PAG	Big Beat	European release
1982	ROCK avec PAG	K-Tel
1987	Avant	Aquarius
1995	Hit Parade	Audiogram	2 CD
1997	Goodbye Rain	Disques @
2000	Pag	Mediarock
2011	Pag collection – Tonnes de flashs	Musicor	13-CD boxset
2015	Greatest Hits	MediaRock	10 songs in English

Collaborations and performances as guest star

• 1966 Les Chanceliers (Citation); Reissued partially in 1969 Le P'tit Poppy (Tradition)
• 1968 Reels Psychadeliques, vol. 1 (with Ouba) (Revolution)
• 1968 Reels Psychadeliques, vol. 2 (with Ouba) (Revolution)
• 1971 Pagliaro & Martel (with Renée Martel) (Trans-World, Compilation)
• 1972 Michel Pagliaro et les Chanceliers (Tradition, Compilation)
• 1975 Patof – Patof Rock. Michel Pagliaro : electric guitars (uncredited) (Campus)
• 1993 Au nom de l'amour. Héros (new recording); Au nom de l'amour (with the group). (other songs by various artists) (Au Nom de l'Amour)
• 1994 Jacques Higelin – Aux héros de la voltige. Michel Pagliaro : electric guitars on the whole album; arrangements on Le Berceau De la Vie; music on Électrocardiogramme Plat, Hot Chaud and Aux Héros De La Voltige (EMI)
• 2001 Freak Out Total (with Ouba) (Gear Fab, Compilation)
• 2005 Jacques Higelin – Entre 2 gares (Compilation). Michel Pagliaro : guitars (EMI)

See also

• Music of Canada
• Music of Quebec
• Canadian rock
• List of Canadian musicians

References

1. "You Can Call Me Pag: Québec's Rebel Superstar Michel Pagliaro | FYIMusicNews". www.fyimusicnews.ca. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
2. "Top Singles – Volume 38, No. 23, August 06 1983". RPM. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. OCLC 352936026. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
3. Strombo.com. "NOD TO THE GODS: Michel Pagliaro, 'What The Hell I Got'".
4. LeBlanc, Benoit (18 August 2014). "Des Fous de la Reine en pleine lancée". CourrierLaval (in French). TC Transcontinental. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
5. "MusiQualité antérieur – Sodam".
6. LeBlanc, Benoit (23 October 2014). "Les Fous de la Reine gagnent Diapason 2014". CourrierLaval (in French). TC Transcontinental. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
7. "Michel Pagliaro, Montreal's rock 'n' roll cult hero, finally returns to Toronto". NOW Toronto Magazine – Think Free. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
8. "Juno Awards Database". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
9. "Michel Pagliaro biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
10. SOCAN Awards (2002)

External links

• Michel Pagliaro official site
• 2007 Radio-Canada interview with Christiane Charette (French)
• Watch Pag, a 2008 documentary short, National Film Board of Canada

Preceded by The Guess Who

Grey Cup Halftime Show 2001 with Sass Jordan

Succeeded by Shania Twain