What The Hell I Got - Pagliaro, 1975
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A singer from Quebec usually has to release albums in both English and French to be nationally successful. Michel Pagliaro must have understood this, because 1971, he signed a deal with CHUM Ltd. to fulfill their Canadian content obligations. He became the first Canadian artist to score Top 40 hits on both the anglophone and francophone pop charts in Canada. In 1971, Pagliaro released Lovin' You Ain't Easy and Some Sing, Some Dance in English, thus making his mark on the rest of Canada. At the same time, J'entends Frapper became the highest grossing 7" single in the history of Quebec music, and even scored number one on the Kingston, Ontario area radio stations. There was something very distinctive about Michel Pagliaro's songs, and they definitely struck a chord in the 70s. He signed with Columbia Records in 1975, and released What The Hell I Got. But after that, he went back to more comfortable roots, even traveling to France and producing a French pop star named Jacques Hagelin. Never-the-less, on behalf of your English speaking fans in Ontario and elsewhere, Mr. Pagliaro, I would just like to say "merci pour la musique" |
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