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Country music has a long history in Canada. The genre evolved out of the diverse musical practices of the Appalachian region of the United States. Appalachian folk music was largely Scottish and Irish, with an important influence also being the African American country blues. Parts of Ontario, British Columbia and the Maritime provinces shared ...
Anne Murray. Morna Anne Murray CC ONS (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career. [1][2][3] Murray has won four Grammys including the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1979. Murray was the ...
Warner Bros. Linus. True North. Formerly of. The Two Tones. Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. Credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s, [1] he has been ...
[103] [104] In the classical world, homegrown talent Canadian Brass was established in Toronto in 1970. Anne Murray. Country music remained popular in Canada in the 1970s thanks to the CBC's The Tommy Hunter show and the adult contemporary radio format which benefited the international stardom of Anne Murray.
Zuckerbaby(1996–2001) Zumpano(1992–1996) See also. [edit] Music portal. Canada portal. List of bands from British Columbia. Category:Canadian musical groups. Category:Canadian record labels.
Jazz is a genre of African American music present in Canada since at least the 1910s. In 1919–1920, in Vancouver, Jelly Roll Morton, a New Orleans pianist, played with his band. During that period, Canadian groups such as the Winnipeg Jazz Babies and the Westmount Jazz Band of Montreal also found regional acclaim.
Rich Aucoin – indie rock singer-songwriter. Melissa Auf der Maur – rock bassist (Hole, the Smashing Pumpkins) Shawn Austin – country singer and songwriter. Eva Avila – singer (winner of Canadian Idol, 2006) Mike Ayley – singer, bass guitarist (Marianas Trench) Jay Aymar – guitarist and singer-songwriter. Marcel Aymar – singer ...
This is a list of number-one country songs in Canada by year from the RPM Country Tracks chart (1964–2000), Radio & Records Canada Country Top 30 (2004–2009; although it would be replaced as the main chart with the following chart), and Billboard Canada Country chart (2006–present).