Patsy Gallant

Patsy Gallant is a Canadian pop singer and musical theater actress. Of Acadian ancestry, she has recorded and performed in both English and French.

Gallant released her first single in 1967, earning appearances on a number of television variety shows. In 1971, Gallant co-starred on the weekly television variety show Smash. Her two major French albums, Patsy Gallant (Tout va trop vite) followed by Toi l'enfant, would be released in 1972 and in 1974, respectively. Several of the songs including "Tout va trop vite", "Un jour comme les autres", "Le lit qui craque", and "Thank You Come Again" climbed the Québec charts.

Towards the end of 1972, Gallant made her debut in English by releasing Upon My Own, her first English album. Although her two French albums were hits in Quebec and French-Canada, from the English version Get That Ball scored only a minor hit. With her eye on the American market, Gallant recorded her 1974 album Power in Nashville, Tennessee. Although the album spawned four moderately popular singles with "Save the Last Dance For Me", "Make My Living", "Doctor's Orders" and the title song "Upon My Own", they were not a commercial breakthrough.

Gallant's greatest popular success came when the 1976 album Are You Ready For Love was released along with the disco single "From New York to L.A." "From New York to L.A." was Gallant's only recording to attract notice outside Canada. "Sugar Daddy" and the album's title song "Are You Ready for Love" are also Top 20 Canadian hits that helped Gallant to win Juno Awards for Best Female Vocalist in 1976 and 1977.

"From New York to L.A." and "Sugar Daddy" also received some support in American discos. Gallant followed up in 1977 with her French album Besoin d'amour, which includes a French rendition of "Sugar Daddy". Consequently to her sudden disco success, Gallant was given her own disco-variety show, The Patsy Gallant Show in 1978 and 1979.

Gallant released the English album Will You Give Me Your Love and the French album Patsy Gallant et Star both in 1978 and has a hit with "Stay Awhile With Me" ("Aime-moi" in French); she also released the English album Patsy! which contains the disco hit "Michel". Gallant then released a bilingual greatest hits package in early 1979, which includes a rendition of "Mon Pays".

After her 1984 album Take Another Look, she retreated from the music business, and in the late 1980s began taking roles in musical theater. The English greatest hits album was reissued in 1995 with new remixes of "From New York to L.A.", and a Best Of, Compilation, Tout va Trop Vite in 2005.

Gallant has more recently recorded a duet with the French rap group, Treizième Étage, called Faut pas lâcher. The song appeared on the group's latest album. Her latest single Coeur de velours was released in July 2010.

Music Videos

 * Are You Ready for Love
 * From New York to L.A.