Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame honours Canadian country music artists, builders or broadcasters, living or deceased. The artifact collection includes extensive biographical information on the inductees. It is located in downtown Merritt, British Columbia at 2025 Quilchena Avenue. The facility is open year-round for custom tours, and is open to the public on seasonally adjusted hours. The initiative is governed by a not-for-profit society (the Canadian Country Music Heritage Society).
In 2009, (now the National Music Centre) in Calgary, Alberta, 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 (in Merritt). For several years the Hall of Fame was based in a log building on the Calgary Stampede grounds.
In 1993, Canadian singer-songwriter Stompin' Tom Connors declined an induction into the Hall of Fame, as part of his ongoing campaign against the Americanization of Canadian music.[1]
Inductees[]
1984
- Wilf Carter (artist)
- Tommy Hunter (artist)
- Orval Prophet (artist)
- (builder)
1985
- Don Messer (artist)
- Hank Snow (artist)
1986
- (artist)
1987
- Lucille Starr (artist)
1988
- (builder)
1989
- Charlie Chamberlain (artist)
- Al Cherney (artist)
- (artist)
- Dallas Harms (artist)
- (artist)
- Marg Osburne (artist)
- Ian Tyson (artist)
- Mercey Brothers (artist)
- Maurice Bolyer (artist / builder)
- Don Grashey (builder)
1990
- Gordie Tapp (artist)
- (builder)
1991
- Rhythm Pals (artist)
- (builder)
1992
- Carroll Baker (artist)
- (builder)
1993
- (artist)
- Stu Phillips (artist)
- Bob Nolan (artist)
- Stu Davis (artist)
- (builder)
- (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)
- (builder)
1999
- Ronnie Prophet (artist)
- Walt Grealis (builder)
2000
- Colleen Peterson (artist)
- (builder)
2001
- Gordon Lightfoot (artist)
- (builder)
2002
- Anne Murray (artist)
- (builder)
- (broadcaster)
- (broadcaster)
- (broadcaster)
2003
- Sylvia Tyson (artist)
- (builder)
- (broadcaster)
- Charlie Russell (broadcaster)
- (broadcaster)
2004
- The Good Brothers (artist)
- (broadcaster)
2005
- Gary Fjellgaard (artist)
- R. Harlan Smith (builder)
- (broadcaster)
2006
- Terry Carisse (artist)
- Brian Ahern (builder)
- (broadcaster)
2007
- John Allan Cameron (artist)
- (builder)
- (broadcaster)
2008
- Prairie Oyster (artist)
- Brian Ferriman (builder)
- (broadcaster)
2009
- Buffy Sainte-Marie (artist)
- (builder)
- (broadcaster)
2010
- Willie P. Bennett (artist)
- Marie Bottrell (artist)
- (artist)
- Eddie Eastman (artist)
- Don Harron (artist)
- Fred McKenna (artist)
- Wayne Rostad (artist)
- (artist)
- Hal & (artist)
- Ray St. Germain (artist)
- (builder)
2011
- Michelle Wright (artist)
- Bill Langstroth (builder)
2012
- (artist)
- Ralph Murphy (builder)
2013
- Rita MacNeil (artist)
- (builder)
2014
- (artist)
- (builder)
2015
- Dianne Leigh (artist)
- (builder)
2016
- Murray McLauchlan (artist)
- (builder)
2017
- Paul Brandt (artist)
- (builder)
2018
- Terri Clark (artist)
- (builder)
See also[]
- Canadian Country Music Association
- CMT (Canada)
- List of music museums
References[]
- ^ "CBC Radio - Rewind". CBC.
External links[]
- Canadian country music
- Music halls of fame
- Halls of fame in Canada
- Canadian music awards
- Organizations established in 1984