Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, formerly located in Merritt, British Columbia, was established in 1984 to honour Canadian country music artists, builders or broadcasters, living or deceased. There are two components to the Hall of Fame: an artifact collection and an honour roll governed by the Canadian Country Music Association.
In 2009, Cantos Music Foundation in Calgary AB became the owner of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame's artifact collection after a transfer of ownership from Deb Buck, wife of deceased Hall of Fame member Gary Buck. The plaques of the inductees reside in the Hall of Honour at the Hall of Fame. For several years the Hall of Fame was based out of a log building on the Calgary Stampede grounds in Calgary, Alberta until the Hall of Fame exhibit was closed following the 2011 edition of the Stampede. The artifact collection now resides in the Cantos archives and the Hall of Fame is expected to be a part of the proposed National Music Centre, which is planned to open in downtown Calgary in 2014. The building used to house the Hall of Fame on the Stampede Grounds went up for sale in January 2012.[1]
In 1993 Canadian singer-songwriter Stompin' Tom Connors declined an induction into the hall of fame, and part of his ongoing campaign against the Americanization of Canadian music.[2]
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Inductees of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame [edit]
1984
- Wilf Carter (artist)
- Tommy Hunter (artist)
- Orval Prophet (artist)
- William Harold Moon (builder)
1985
- Don Messer (artist)
- Hank Snow (artist)
1986
- Papa Joe Brown (artist)
1987
- Lucille Starr (artist)
1988
- Jack Feeney (builder)
1989
- Charlie Chamberlain (artist)
- Al Cherney (artist)
- King Ganam (artist)
- Dallas Harms (artist)
- Earl Heywood (artist)
- Marg Osburne (artist)
- Ian Tyson (artist)
- Mercey Brothers (artist)
- Maurice Bolyer (artist)
- Don Grashey (builder)
- Maurice Bolyer (builder)
1990
- Gordie Tapp (artist)
- Ron Sparling (builder)
1991
- Rhythm Pals (artist)
- A. Hugh Joseph (builder)
1992
- Carroll Baker (artist)
- Gordon Burnett (builder)
1993
- Ward Allen (artist)
- Stu Phillips (artist)
- Bob Nolan (artist)
- Stu Davis (artist)
- Ted Daigle (builder)
- Frank Jones (builder)
1994
- Dick Damron (artist)
- Hank Smith (builder)
1995
- Gene MacLellan (artist)
- Stan Klees (builder)
1996
- Myrna Lorrie (artist)
- Larry Delaney (builder)
1997
- Family Brown (artist)
- Sam Sniderman (builder)
1998
- Ray Griff (artist)
- Bill Anderson (builder)
1999
- Ronnie Prophet (artist)
- Walt Grealis (builder)
2000
- Colleen Peterson (artist)
- Leonard Rambeau (builder)
2001
- Gordon Lightfoot (artist)
- Gary Buck (builder)
2002
- Anne Murray (artist)
- Art Snider (builder)
- Bev Munro (broadcaster)
- D'Arcy Scott (broadcaster)
- Elmer Tippe (broadcaster)
2003
- Sylvia Tyson (artist)
- J. Edward Preston (builder)
- Fred King (broadcaster)
- Charlie Russell (broadcaster)
- Art Wallman (broadcaster)
2004
- The Good Brothers (artist)
- "Weird" Harold Kendall (broadcaster)
2005
- Gary Fjellgaard (artist)
- R. Harlan Smith (builder)
- Paul Kennedy (broadcaster)
2006
- Terry Carisse (artist)
- Brian Ahern (builder)
- Curley Gurlock (broadcaster)
2007
- John Allan Cameron (artist)
- Sheila Hamilton (builder)
- Cliff Dumas (broadcaster)
2008
- Prairie Oyster (artist)
- Brian Ferriman (builder)
- Wes Montgomery (broadcaster)
2009
- Buffy Sainte-Marie (artist)
- Barry Haugen (builder)
- John Murphy (broadcaster)
2010
- Willie P. Bennett (artist)
- Marie Bottrell (artist)
- Donna & LeRoy Anderson (artist)
- Eddie Eastman (artist)
- Don Harron (artist)
- Fred McKenna (artist)
- Wayne Rostad (artist)
- Joyce Smith (artist)
- Hal & Ginger Willis (artist)
- Ray St. Germain (artist)
- Tom Tompkins (builder)
2011
- Michelle Wright (artist)
- Bill Langstroth (builder)
2012
- Johnny Burke (artist)
- Ralph Murphy (builder)
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References [edit]
- ^ Jamie Komarnicki, "[Country Music Hall of Fame Building at Stampede for Sale http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/Country+music+hall+fame+building+Stampede+grounds+sale/5969801/story.html]", Calgary Herald, January 10, 2012; accessed January 10, 2012.
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/rewind/episode/2013/03/14/stompin-tom-connors/
