Michel Pagliaro

Michel Pagliaro
Pagliaro at the FrancoFolies de Montréal
Background information
Born	9 November 1948 (1948-11-09) (age 62)
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations	singer, songwriter and guitarist
Years active	1966–present
Labels	Various incl. RCA Victor, CBS, Columbia, Aquarius[1]
Website	pagliaro.ca

Michel Pagliaro (born 9 November 1948) is a prolific Canadian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is also based there. He is often referred to simply as Pagliaro or Pag. Although he writes and records predominantly in French, Pagliaro has released material in English. Pagliaro was the first Canadian artist to score top 40 hits on both the anglophone and francophone pop charts in Canada.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

On 3 May 2008 Her Excellency The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean presented Pagliaro with the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards.

Discography

Albums

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

Year	Album
1968	Michel Pagliaro
1970	Pagliaro
	Première époque
	Michel Pagliaro
	Rock 'n roll
1971	Pagliaro
1972	M'Lady
	PAG
1973	Pagliaro Live
1974	21 disques d'or
	Rockers
	Pagliaro
1975	17 grands succès
	Pagliaro I
	Pagliaro
1976	Aujourd'hui
1977	Time Race
1978	Rock 'n roll
1981	Bamboo
1982	ROCK avec PAG
1987	Avant
1988	Sous peine d'amour
1995	Hit Parade
1997	Goodbye Rain
2000	PAG
2001	Freak Out Total
2005	Live à Québec

Singles

Year	Single	Album
1966	"Comme d'habitude"
	"Avec la tête"
	"Le p'tit poppy" Second Helping
1969	"J'ai marché pour une nation"
	"M'Lady"
1970	"Give Us One More Chance"†
	"We're Dancin'g 'Til It Blows Over"†
	"I Wanna Turn You On"† Second Helping†
1971	"Lovin' You Ain't Easy"† UK #31[2]
1972	"Rainshowers"†
	"Some Sing, Some Dance"†
	"J'entends frapper"
1973	"Run Along Baby"†
1974	"Sure, Maybe"†
	"Çà va brasser"
1975	"What The Hell I Got"† "Get Down"†
1976	"I Don't Believe It's You"†
1977	"Dock of the Bay"
	"Last Night"
	"Comme d'habitude"
1981	"Le soleil pour des lunes" "Travailler"
	"Bamboo" "Romantique"
1988	"L'espion"
	"Coup de coeur" "Les Chancelliers"

† English recording

See also

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

References

1. ^ Discog.
2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 415. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

External links

	Music of Canada portal
	Quebec portal

• Michel Pagliaro official site
• 2007 Radio-Canada interview with Christiane Charette (French)

Preceded by The Guess Who

Grey Cup Halftime Show 2001 with Sass Jordan

Succeeded by Shania Twain

Persondata
Name	Pagliaro, Michel
Alternative names
Short description	Singer/Songwriter
Date of birth	9 November 1948
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death