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Paul Michiels (b. 1949 in Hiest-op-den-Berg, Belgium) is a Belgian singer and songwriter who became popular for his work with the Belgian music group Soulsister. He has earned the nickname Pollie Pap, a name he inherited from a childhood job as a milkman in his hometown of Hiest-op-den-Berg.

Paul started out with a small band called Purple Bus. From 1974 until 1980, he played keyboards for a British-Belgian band called Octopus. After Octopus broke up, Paul then went solo under the name P.P. Michiels. Under that name, he became famous in his home country for a single titled "Females," which notoriously became popular because it was accompanied by a seducing music video.

In 1986, Paul teamed up with Belgian singer Jan Leyers to form the group "The Soul Sisters." They release three very popular singles: "You Get to Me," "Talk About It" and "Like a Mountain." In 1988, they change their name to "Soulsister" and hit it big time with the soulful, Motown-sounding song "The Way to Your Heart" on their first album, It Takes Two. The band changes the name again in 1990, this time to "Leyers, Michiels, and SoulSister," and releases Heat. They release two more studio albums and a live album, and release a "Very Best Of" compilation in 1997 following their split.

After splitting away, Paul returned to his solo career. In 1998, he released The Inner Child, which included the hit "One Day at a Time." In 2001, Paul releases a personal compilation titled Forever Young, which includes the title song by Alphaville (which Paul sang for the 2000 Belgian movie Team Spirit) as well as pieces by Eddie Cochran, Jacques Dutronc, Donovan, Dionne Warwick, The Wallace Collection, Easybeats, Eddie Floyd, and other artists from Europe and North America.

Paul has not released an album since, but remains on tour with his band, known as "The Big M's."

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