Chris Nielsen (singer)
Chris Nielsen | |
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Born | Aalborg, Denmark | April 2, 1955
Genres | Country |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1970s-1980s |
Associated acts | R. Harlan Smith |
Chris Nielsen (born April 2, 1955) is a Canadian country singer, who recorded both as a solo artist and as a duo with her husband R. Harlan Smith.[1] Her singles included "You Know I Want You", "Baby Pictures", "I'd Love You Like Nobody Dared To", "Everyone's Laughin' But Me" and "Second Chance".[1]
Born in Aalborg, Denmark, Nielsen is a two-time Juno Award nominee for Best Country Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1977 and the Juno Awards of 1978, and a nominee for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1977, and Smith and Nielsen were nominated together as Best Country Group or Duo at the Juno Awards of 1981.[2]
She also worked as an administrator for Royalty Records, Smith's country music record label.[1]
Discography[]
- Lady from Virginia (1975)
- Let Me Go Down Easy (1977)
- Chris Nielsen (1979)
- Stolen Moments (1979, with R. Harlan Smith)
- My Way or the Highway (1988)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Chris Nielsen at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Juno nominations are announced". The Globe and Mail, January 7, 1981.
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Categories:
- 1955 births
- Canadian female country singers
- Danish emigrants to Canada
- People from Aalborg
- Musicians from Edmonton
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian singers
- 20th-century Canadian women singers
- Canadian singer stubs