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From what I've seen lately, she appeared in TV shows and she was involved in the local movie scene. To the best of my knowledge, she hasn't made any other Disco recording ever since.
She participated in a concert a few days ago (see below).
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On Wednesday June 13, 2007
Patsy Gallant -Canadian press
Montreal
A whole host of stars whose Patsy Gallant, Kim Richardson and Toulouse will animate the Great Ball Disco music, on Sunday August 5, within the framework of the event "Divers/Cité", the festival of Montreal which will be held with the Émilie-Gamelin park.
It is according to the general request that the singer Patsy Gallant returns there for a third consecutive year. The Great Ball will be also the occasion for the Toulouse group to make a noticed return. The famous trio of the years 1970-80 was made of Judi Richards, Liette Lomez and Laurie Niedzielski.
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Also find her Bio bleow. Sorry for the bad translation (quickly done by myself).
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Patsy Gallant
Originating in Campbellton, in New Brunswick, where it occurs very young person in company of its family, Patsy Gallant undertakes a career in Quebec at the beginning of the sixties along with her sisters Angie, Florence and Ghislaine.
In addition to recording some records, the Gallant sisters work as chorus-singers.
Continuously in this vein, Patsy starts a solo career in 1967 and made, the following year, the first part of the show of Charles Aznavour in the Place of Arts.
Her songs "Mon vin d'été" in duet with Joel Denis and “Mister Lewis”, a homage to the jazzman Ramsey Lewis, knew a modest diffusion.
At the beginning of the years 1970, she made herself known with songs related to the rise of the Quebec movie scene .
But it is her participation in a variety show, in Radio-Canada in 1971, with the group "Smashettes", which also included Diane Dufresne and Christine Charbonneau, that her personal career really started.
Recording in French and English, Patsy Gallant had her first important hits on record with "Tout va trop vite" / "Get That Ball" “Thank You, Come Again”, "Toi l'enfant", "Raconte" / "Rock On", "Le lit qui craque" et "Un monde est en voie de naître".
She studied dance with "la Compagnie Eddy-Toussaint" and she gived a series of spectacles to Nicaragua in the middle of the years 1970.
She also integrates this art into the shows she presented at the "Place des Arts" and in several Canadian cities.
As a complete artist, she shows a great versatility, illustrating herself as much at the time of spectacles rock'n'roll, on the pop scene and later in mobility disco music.
In June 1974 she brillantly assumes the first part of the godfather of the soul in Montreal and Toronto at the time of the passage of James Brown in these two cities.
The following year, Patsy Gallant represents Canada with the international Festival of the popular song in Tokyo. The second part of the Seventies provides important successes to her on the Canadian market of which “From New York to L.A.”, an English version of “Mon Pays” from Gilles Vigneault in an arrangement disco music, which won four nominations for "Best Singer", including one for best the 45 RPM at the Juno Awards in 1976 . The version translated by Gene Williams sold more in Quebec but was sold with more than 250.000 copies in Great Britain.
The following year, “Sugar Daddy” collects the four nominations at the Juno's and Patsy was awarded two of them.
RPM magazine nominates her "the best Canadian singer of 1976" whereas the Association of the DJs of Canada allots Canadian the Disco trophy to her in 1976 and 1977.
The singer animates in 1978 her own varieties show "the Patsy Gallant Show" on anglophone CTV network. She there sings, dance and plays the comedy.
Writing at that time the major part of its repertory, she carries out a Québec and Ontarian road show where she gives a recital at "La Place des Arts" in 1979.
The following year, she takes part of the Tokyo International Music Festival and records the album “In love” in the Nipponese capital. The songs “Ce Matin-là” and “Sasha”, where she sing more romanticly, have a certain success.
Patsy Gallant records a last English album “Take Another Look” in 1984. At the beginning of the years 1990, she build a show based on Edith Piaf story.
In 1993, she takes the role of Stella Spotlight in the new version of the rock opera “Starmania” which she played during several months at the "Theatre Mogador" of Paris and later in Montreal at the "Saint-Denis Theatre", in May 1994.
Patsy again incarnate Edith Piaf at the Palais de Congrès in Paris, from the autumn 1996 until 2000.
At the summer 2001, she had a role in the movie "Yellowknife" a scenario written by Rodrigue Jean from her native province of New Brunswick.
Patsy Gallant had also held a secondary role in many movies.
In 2005, she was one of the first artists approched by "Trilogie recordss" to launch a compilation “Tout va trop vite”, gathering about fifteen titles since "Les hommes de 40 ans”, a title of the Gallant Sisters, up to a new version of “Sugar Daddy”, thus marking her 40 years career.
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Source: This biographical text was written by Robert Thérien, researcher and specialist in the song Québécois and brought up to date by the team of Quebec Info Musique.
Hope this Helps,
- Marcus
Her discography:
2005
Tout va trop vite
1984
Take Another Look
1981
Amoureuse
1980
Stranger In The Mirror
1979
Patsy
1978
Will You Give Me Your Love
1978
Patsy Gallant & Star
1976
Are You Ready For Love
1976
Besoin d'amour
1974
Toi l'enfant
1974
Power
1972
Upon My Own
1972
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