# 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.

## 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 | |
| 1970 | 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 | |
| 1974 | Pagliaro a.k.a. Ça va brasser | — | RCA Victor | |
| 1975 | Pagliaro I | — | Columbia | |
| 1975 | 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 |
| 1966 | Personne ne sait – Pour vous | — | Miracle | With Les Chanceliers |
| 1966 | 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 |
| 1967 | Toi jeune fille – Seul trop longtemps | — | Citation | With Les Chanceliers |
| 1967 | Oogum boogum – La fille dont je rêve | — | Citation | With Les Chanceliers |
| 1967 | Noel blanc – L'enfant au tambour | — | Citation | Side A by Les Chanceliers, Side B by César Et Les Romains |
| 1967 | À Paris la nuit – Attends tu verras | — | Citation | With Les Chanceliers |
| 1968 | Boule de suie – Herménégylde Godefroy | — | Citation | With Les Chanceliers |
| 1968 | Les vacances (with Renée Martel) – Tous les arbres sont en fleurs (by Renée Martel) | — | Citation | |
| 1968 | Comme d'habitude – Sunny | — | DSP | |
| 1968 | Spooky – Jojo le clown | — | DSP | |
| 1968 | Ton nom imprimé sur mon cœur – Dum dum dum | — | DSP | |
| 1968 | Hey Jude – Ils dépensent tout | — | DSP | With François d'Assise |
| 1968 | Saint Nicolas – Le petit enfant saint | — | DSP | |
| 1968 | 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 |
| 1969 | 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 |
| 1969 | Avec la tête, avec le cœur – Que le monde est beau | — | Spectrum | |
| 1969 | À t'aimer – Marguerite | — | Spectrum | |
| 1969 | C'est l'été – Vous | — | Spectrum | With Renée Martel |
| 1969 | Pour toi, pour toi – Mama river | — | Spectrum | |
| 1970 | Na na hey hey goodbye – Delta lady | — | Spectrum | With Nanette Workman |
| 1970 | L'amour est là – Toute la nuit | — | Spectrum | |
| 1970 | J'ai marché pour une nation – Oui c'est bien facile | — | Spectrum | |
| 1970 | Walking across the nation – Miami roads | — | Hippopotamus | |
| 1970 | Give us one more chance – Good feelings all over | 58 | Much | |
| 1970 | We're dancing 'til it blows over – I wanna turn you on | — | Much | |
| 1971 | M’lady – Dans le même ton | — | AMI Records | |
| 1971 | Lovin' you ain't easy – She moves light | 15 | Much | |
| 1972 | Mon cœur – Pagliaro | — | AMI Records | |
| 1972 | Rainshowers – It ain't the way | 35 | Much | |
| 1972 | Revolution – Illusion | — | Much | |
| 1972 | Some sing, some dance – Magic moments | 47 | Much | |
| 1972 | Safari – Ayala red | — | Much | With the group Mighty |
| 1972 | J'entends frapper – Chez moi | 63 | RCA Victor | |
| 1973 | Fou de toi – Prisonnier d'enfer | — | RCA Victor | |
| 1973 | Run along, baby – You gotta make it | 61 | Much | |
| 1973 | Sure, maybe – Northern star | — | Much | |
| 1973 | Miss Ann – Notre côté B | — | Much | With les Rockers |
| 1974 | Faut tout donner – Histoire d'amour | — | RCA Victor | |
| 1974 | Killing time – It's all over now | — | RCA Victor | |
| 1974 | Toute la nuit – Plus fort | — | Quinze cent trente quatre | |
| 1974 | Bébé tu m'fais flipper quand tu joues mon gazou – Illusion | — | RCA Victor | |
| 1975 | Ti-bidon – Fièvre des tropiques | — | RCA Victor | |
| 1975 | Ça va brasser – Comment | — | RCA Victor | |
| 1975 | Comme d'habitude – Avec la tête, avec le cœur | — | Millionnaires | Reissue, previously released material |
| 1975 | Pour toi, pour toi – À t'aimer | — | Millionnaires | Reissue, previously released material |
| 1975 | J'entends frapper – Fou de toi | — | Millionnaires | Reissue, previously released material |
| 1975 | Ti-Bidon – Mon cœur | — | Millionnaires | Reissue, previously released material |
| 1975 | J'ai marché pour une nation – Ton nom imprimé dans mon cœur | — | Millionnaires | Reissue, previously released material |
| 1975 | M'lady – L'amour est là | — | Millionnaires | Reissue, previously released material |
| 1975 | What the hell I got – Get down | 50 | Columbia | |
| 1975 | Dans la peau – El chicano | — | CBS | |
| 1975 | J'entends frapper – Dans la peau | — | CBS | European release |
| 1975 | I don't believe it's you – Walking the dog | — | Columbia | |
| 1976 | Louise – Nobody | — | Columbia | |
| 1976 | Louise – Château d'Espagne | — | CBS | |
| 1976 | Émeute dans la prison – Si tu voulais | — | CBS | |
| 1976 | Louise – Si tu voulais | — | CBS | European release |
| 1976 | Last night – Last night | — | CBS | |
| 1976 | Last night – Cross your heart | — | Columbia | |
| 1977 | Aujourd'hui – Harpo | — | CBS | |
| 1977 | Dock of the bay – Dock of the bay | — | CBS | |
| 1977 | Dock of the bay – Laser gypsy | 70 | CBS | |
| 1977 | Gloire à nous – C'est ma fête | — | CBS | |
| 1977 | Time race – Time race | — | CBS | |
| 1977 | Time race – Tied on | — | CBS | |
| 1977 | Le temps presse – Time race | — | CBS | |
| 1977 | Le temps presse – Rock'n roll | — | CBS | European release |
| 1977 | Happy together – Say you will | — | Columbia | |
| 1978 | Spider woman – The stripper | — | Plastic Poison | |
| 1978 | T'es pas tout seul à soir – L'ennui cherche l'amour | — | Disques Martin | |
| 1978 | C'est comme ça que ça roule dans l'nord – Le p'tit train | — | Disques Martin | |
| 1982 | Travailler – Soleil pour des lunes | — | Trans-Canada | |
| 1982 | Bamboo – Romantique | — | Trans-Canada | |
| 1982 | Quand on fait l'amour – Cinéma | — | Trans-Canada | |
| 1982 | Cadillac – Palisades boogie | — | Trans-Canada | |
| 1982 | Romantique – Cadillac | — | RCA | European release |
| 1983 | Body mind soul – Poison in the heart | — | Big Beat | European release |
| 1983 | Rock Billy rock – Travailler | — | Big Beat | European release |
| 1987 | Les bombes – Dangereux | — | Aquarius | |
| 1988 | L'espion – Insomnie | — | Alert | |
| 1988 | Coup de cœur – It's love | — | Alert | |
| 1988 | Héros – Juke box | — | Alert | |
| 1990 | Sous peine d'amour – Instrumental | — | Audiogram | |
| 1990 | 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)