PIERRE CHALIFOUX
BIOGRAPHY
Raised :
in Sudbury, Ontario.
Education :

École St.Louis-de-Gonzague (grade 1 to 8)
Sudbury High School (grade 9)
École MacDonald-Cartier (grade 10 to 13)
Cambrian College (1 year)

1967 :
Founding of first band, “The Third Ritual”.
1969 :

Joins top Northern Ontario band, “The Reasons Y”.

1971 :
Formation of the eight-piece group “Nobody Special”.
1973 :

Nobody Special is awarded the title of “Best Band In Northern
Ontario ” by Sudbury radio station, CHNO and wins an all-expenses paid recording session in Toronto . The group records two of Pierre 's songs which make the Top Ten charts across Northern Ontario and are praised by Billboard Magazine.

1973 :

Signs his first publishing contract with Leeds Publishing and begins a long standing association with publisher, Wayne Patton.

1974-76 :

Nobody Special tours Ontario , The Maritime Provinces and the Northern States.

1976 :

“Nobody Special” officially changes it's name to “Spectacle” and starts performing in most major cities across North America under Pierre 's leadership.

1978 :

Spectacle records two of Pierre 's songs which climb to #15 across Northern Ontario.
1979-81 :

Spectacle becomes the first Canadian showband to appear in Las Vegas (The Hilton & The Silverbird) and in Lake Tahoe at Harrah's.

1980-84 :

Spectacle is billed with such stars as Liberace , The Four Tops, Neil Sedaka , Charlie Callas , Michel Fugain , Richard Egan , etc.

1981 :

Spectacle is the first Canadian group to headline the Royal York 's “Imperial Room” in Toronto . The “Today Magazine” publishes a national feature story on the group and “TV Guide” places the act on it's cover.

1982 :
The group records six original songs with established producer Bob Gallo (The Rascals, James Brown ) in Toronto .
1984 :
Spectacle performs it's last show on June 4th and Pierre embarks on his solo career.
1985 :

L.A. publisher Micheal O'Connor (Flashdance, Glen Campbell, Ricky Nelson ) invites Pierre to record in Los Angeles at Barry Manilow 's studios.

1985 :
Nashville booking agent Kevin Neal (son of Bob Neal who managed Elvis, Johnny Cash , Jerry Lee Lewis ) sends Pierre 's demo tape to TV producer Bob Banner in Los Angeles.
1985 :

Selected among 25,000 auditions, he becomes the first Canadian to appear on NBC's hit TV Show, “STAR SEARCH” , hosted by “The Tonight Show”'s, Ed McMahon . (Male Vocalist category).

1985 :
Appears on many TV and Radio variety-talk shows ( Michel Jasmin, Telethon Of Stars, CJAD Overnight, etc.).
1986 :

Enters into a management contract with Paul Lévesque Management and a songwriting/co-publishing agreement with CBS-SBK-Sony Music.

1986-05 :

Participates as singer/musician/composer/arranger in the production of numerous TV & Radio commercials (Molson, Coors, KFC, etc.)
1991 :
Begins writing and performing with former “Spectacle” bandmate, Robert Stefan and "BOYS" is formed.
2002 :

Appears in films such as Rollerball, Atikkka, etc.

2006 :
Establishes Soprano Studio.