Category CANADIAN 150

COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE by ANNE MURRAY

Morna Anne Murray is from Springhill, Nova Scotia. Her formative years were spent studying piano and voice, and upon graduating from high school she headed off to Mount St. Vincent University but transferred to The University of New Brunswick where… Continue Reading →

SAFETY DANCE by MEN WITHOUT HATS

Men Without Hats was formed at Montreal, Quebec in 1977. The group is a six-man unit with three brothers; Ivan (vocals), Stefan (bass) and Colin (guitar) Doroschuk along with Don Hill (guitar), Pete Seabrooke (guitar), John Given (drums) and synthesizers galore…. Continue Reading →

PRETTY BLUE EYES by BOBBY CURTOLA

Bobby Curtola is from Port Arthur, Ontario. By age fifteen Bobby was writing and playing songs in and around the Port Arthur area with his band Bobby and the Bobcats. By 1962 Bobby had three hit songs playing on radio… Continue Reading →

HAVANA by JESSE COOK

Jesse Cook is from Toronto, Ontario Jesse is a guitarist, composer, producer and is considered by most guitar aficionados as one of the greatest Nuevo Flamenco Guitarist in the world. His father was from France and his mother was from Toronto… Continue Reading →

I’LL NEVER DO BETTER THAN YOU by GEORGE CANYON

George Canyon is from Hopewell, Nova Scotia. As a young boy he learned to play guitar and dreamed of being a ‘Country Music Star’. After all the normal life passages of school, marriage and making a living as a Bylaw… Continue Reading →

I’ll ALWAYS BE THERE by ROCH VOISINE

Joseph Armand Roch Voisine is from Edmunston, New Brunswick. Growing up Roch wanted to be a hockey player, but a serious leg injury and a long re-cooperation prevented him from continuing to play hockey at competition levels. As he re-cooperated in… Continue Reading →

BACK TO ME by KATHLEEN EDWARDS

Kathleen Edwards is from Ottawa, Ontario. Her father, Leonard, was a Canadian diplomat and her formative years were a mix of cultures and adventures in Korea and Switzerland. At age five, Kathleen began learning classical violin and studied violin for… Continue Reading →

INSENSITIVE by JANN ARDEN

Jann Arden Anne Richards is from Springback, Alberta. Her formative years were a normal Canadian teenager’s, school, dances, boys and studying guitar. Jann began her career playing in and around the Calgary area where she was discovered by Neil MacGongill,… Continue Reading →

I’M MOVING ON by HANK SNOW

Hank Snow is from Liverpool, Nova Scotia. In 1926 Hank signed on a fishing schooner and with his first cheque of $58.00 he sent away for a ‘Guitar and Chord Book’ – Total cost: $5.95 from the T. Eaton company in… Continue Reading →

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