Michel Pagliaro
| Michel Pagliaro | |
|---|---|
 Pagliaro at Les FrancoFolies de Montréal | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
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 |
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Michel Armand Guy Pagliaro (born 9 November 1948 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist from Montreal.[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.
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 | |
Live albums
| Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Pagliaro Live | RCA Victor | |
| 2005 | Live à Québec | Earth Born Entertainment | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Language |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | "Comme d'habitude" | French |
| "Avec la tête" | French | |
"Le p'tit poppy"
|
French / English | |
| 1969 | "J'ai marché pour une nation" | French |
| "M'Lady" | French | |
| 1970 | "Give Us One More Chance" | English |
| "We're Dancin'g 'Til It Blows Over" | English | |
"I Wanna Turn You On"
|
English | |
| 1971 | "Lovin' You Ain't Easy" UK #31[11] | English |
| 1972 | "Rainshowers" | English |
| "Some Sing, Some Dance" | English | |
| "J'entends frapper" | French | |
| 1973 | "Run Along Baby" | English |
| 1974 | "Sure, Maybe" | English |
| "Ça va brasser" | French | |
| 1975 | "What The Hell I Got"
|
English |
| 1976 | "I Don't Believe It's You" | English |
| 1977 | "Dock of the Bay" | English |
| "Last Night" | English | |
| "Comme d'habitude" | French | |
| 1981 | "Le soleil pour des lunes"
|
French |
"Bamboo"
|
French | |
| 1987 | "Les Bombes"
|
French |
| 1988 | "L'espion" | French |
"Coup de coeur"
|
French | |
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 | |
| 1990 | Sous peine d'amour | Audiogram | Reedition of the 1988 album, the title "It's love" has been replaced by "Les bombes" and "Rock somebody" by "Dangereux". |
| 1995 | Hit Parade | Audiogram | 2 CD |
| 1997 | Goodbye Rain | Disques @ | |
| 2000 | Pag | Mediarock | |
| 2011 | Pag collection - Tonnes de flashs | Musicor | 13-CD boxset |
Collaborations and performances as guest star
- 1966 Les Chanceliers (MS Citation)
- 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)
- 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)
- 2001 Freak Out Total (with Ouba) (Gear Fab, Compilation)
See also
References
- ↑ "You Can Call Me Pag: Québec's Rebel Superstar Michel Pagliaro | FYIMusicNews". www.fyimusicnews.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- ↑ RPM (magazine). "Top Singles - Volume 38, No. 23, August 06 1983" (PDF). (Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada). OCLC 352936026. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ↑ Strombo.com. "NOD TO THE GODS: Michel Pagliaro, 'What The Hell I Got'".
- ↑ LeBlanc, Benoit (18 August 2014). "Des Fous de la Reine en pleine lancée". CourrierLaval (in French). TC Transcontinental. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ "MusiQualité antérieur - Sodam".
- ↑ LeBlanc, Benoit (23 October 2014). "Les Fous de la Reine gagnent Diapason 2014". CourrierLaval (in French). TC Transcontinental. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ "Michel Pagliaro, Montreal's rock 'n' roll cult hero, finally returns to Toronto". NOW Toronto Magazine - Think Free. 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- ↑ "Juno Awards Database". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ↑ "Michel Pagliaro biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ↑ SOCAN Awards (2002)
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 415. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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
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