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"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is a Canadian folk song by Gordon Lightfoot describing the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. This song was commissioned by the CBC for a special broadcast on January 1, 1967, to start Canada's Centennial year. [27] It appeared on Lightfoot's The Way I Feel album later in the same year.
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Pages in category "Canadian patriotic songs" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Ô Canada! mon pays, mes amours; P. A Pittance of Time; R.
The single was the most successful single in Canada in 1967, selling a then unprecedented 270,000 copies. [3] It was No. 1 for 2 weeks on the RPM Top 100 Singles in Canada, in April 1967. [4] In 1971, Gimby donated all royalties to the Boy Scouts of Canada, but the song only earned one cent per airplay, which is one of the lowest rates in the ...
Government support programs, such as the Canada Music Fund, assist a wide range of musicians and entrepreneurs who create, produce and market original and diverse Canadian music. [7] The Canadian music industry is the sixth-largest in the world, producing internationally renowned composers , musicians and ensembles . [ 8 ]
Songs about Canada (6 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Canadian songs" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Music of Canadian Cultures is a wide and diverse accumulation of music from many different individual communities all across Canada. With Canada being vast in size, the country throughout its history has had regional music scenes. [ 1 ]
It was used as a theme for Brand's television show Let's Sing Out, which aired on CBC and CTV in the 1960s, and was also the theme song for the Canadian pavilion at Expo 67. [1] There was once a movement for it to chosen as Canada's national anthem in 1965, though Parliament ultimately picked " O Canada ".