Pierre Chalifoux

Canadian artist raised in Sudbury, Ontario. 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 (2)”. 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 (3), Telethon Of Stars, CJAD Overnight, etc.). 1986 : Enters into a management contract with Paul Lévesque Management and a song writing/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.