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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 Albums released [ edit ] 28 December, the 1st RPM Awards are announced.[2] Festivals [ edit ] Magazines and publications [ edit ] 24 February – RPM [4] Music groups [ edit ] Bands formed Bands disbanded Organisations [ edit ] Record labels [ edit ] Singles released [ edit ] 10 April – Glenn Gould retires from public performance in Los Angeles.[8] 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 [ edit ] References [ edit ] Citations
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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. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012 . with notes from Richard Patterson, Bart Shevory, John B. Young and Joe Matthews. {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link )^ 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
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