Michel Pagliaro

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

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 was born and raised in Montreal. He began performing in 1962, at the age of 13. In 1965, he began making his first records. Pagliaro's first nationally English-charted hit was his 1970 single "Give Us One More Chance". Other significant hits in English include "Lovin' You Ain't Easy" (1971) which reached Number 31 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1972, "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.

Michel Pagliaro also produced the first album of his son Roman's group, Les Fous de la Reine, which won both Musiqualité 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. He continues to perform.

Awards

At the Juno Awards of 1975, Pagliaro was nominated for the Male Vocalist of the Year award. Pagliaro received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, in 2008. 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.

Discography

Studio albums

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

Year	Album	RPM ranking	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	49	Much	Reissued in 1976 on Amber Label
1972	PAG	86	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	RPM ranking	Label	Notes
1973	Pagliaro Live	53	RCA Victor
2005	Live à Québec	—	Earth Born Entertainment

Singles

Year	Single	RPM ranking	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	58	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	15	Much
1972	Mon cœur – Pagliaro	—	AMI Records
	Rainshowers – It ain't the way	35	Much
	Revolution – Illusion	—	Much
	Some sing, some dance – Magic moments	47	Much
	Safari – Ayala red	—	Much	With the group Mighty
	J'entends frapper – Chez moi	63	RCA Victor
1973	Fou de toi – Prisonnier d'enfer	—	RCA Victor
	Run along, baby – You gotta make it	61	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	50	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	70	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

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
• Article at canadianbands.com
• Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
• Michel Pagliaro discography at Discogs
• Michel Pagliaro at IMDb