Births
- 18 January – Jim Matt, country music singer.
- 18 January – Patrick Esposito Di Napoli, member of Les Colocs (d.1994).
- 25 January – Andrew MacNaughtan, photographer and music video director (d.2012).[1]
- 30 January – Patricia Conroy, country music singer.
- 1 February – Dwayne Goettel, former member of Skinny Puppy (d.1995).
- 6 February – Gordon Downie, lead singer and lyricist for The Tragically Hip.
- 8 March – Denise Murray, country music singer.
- 8 June – Mark Howard, audio engineer.
- 17 August – Colin James, Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter, and guitarist.
- 12 September – Greg McConnell, indie rocker and member of Absolute Whores (d.1999).
- 16 November – Diana Krall, Grammy and Juno Awards winning jazz musician.
- 29 November – Jesse Cook, Juno Award-winning guitarist.
- 30 November – Edwin Orion Brownell, neo-classical composer and concert pianist.
- 7 December – Kyp Harness, folk singer and social activist.
- Full date unknown
Events
Albums released
Awards
- 28 December, the 1st RPM Awards are announced.[2]
Festivals
Magazines and publications
- 24 February – RPM publishes first issue.[4]
Music groups
- Bands formed
- Bands disbanded
Organisations
Record labels
Singles released
Songs
Venues
Other
- 10 April – Glenn Gould retires from public performance in Los Angeles.[8]
Deaths
- 7 January – Colin McPhee, composer and musicologist.[9]
- 9 September – Charles O'Neill, bandmaster, composer, organist, cornetist, and music educator.
- 24 November – Georges-Émile Tanguay, composer, organist, pianist, and music educator.
- 27 December – Pierre-Aurèle Asselin, tenor singer, brother to Marie-Anne Asselin.[10]
See also
References
- Citations
- ^
Rayner, Ben (26 January 2012). "Andrew MacNaughtan, photographer, dies on Rush assignment". Toronto Star. Toronto: Torstar Corporation. OCLC 679765547. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ Lounsbury, Doug. "The RPM Legacy". avtrust.ca. Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ "Mariposa folk festival". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Historica Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ Lounsbury, Doug. "About RPM Magazine". avtrust.ca. Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^
Nick Warburton (June 2005). "RICK JAMES AND THE MYNAH BIRDS". earcandymag.com. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ Ford, Clifford; Wardrop, Patricia. "CBC Symphony Orchestra". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Historica Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Artist: Crew Cuts Biography". jam.canoe.ca. Jam!. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
with notes from Richard Patterson, Bart Shevory, John B. Young and Joe Matthews.
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- ^ Bazzana (2003, p. 229)
- ^ Gilles Potvin (15 December 2013). "Opera Canada". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Historica Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^
Thérien, Robert, "Biographies » Pierre-Aurèle Asselin, tenor (1881–1964)", collectionscanada.gc.ca, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, retrieved 3 February 2012
- Bibliography