1964 in Canadian music

none February 2020 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). 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 Charest, Benoît, guitarist and film score composer. Danna, Jeff, film score composer Lee, Brent, composer and professor of Music Composition at the University of Windsor. Ichkhanian, Levon, jazz composer and guitarist Events Albums released Lorne Greene, The Man Awards 28 December, the 1st RPM Awards are announced. Festivals Mariposa Folk Festival was held at the Maple Leaf Stadium Miramichi Folksong Festival Montreal Festivals Magazines and publications 24 February – RPM publishes first issue. Music groups Bands formed 3's a Crowd (band) Chai Folk Ensemble Jack London & The Sparrows The Mynah Birds Bands disbanded CBC Symphony Orchestra The Crew-Cuts Organisations Alberta Music Festival Association is established to coordinate local music competition. Record labels Singles released "My Baby's Comin' Home" by Paul Anka Songs Early Morning Rain, composed and recorded by Gordon Lightfoot. Mon Pays ("My Homeland") composed by Gilles Vigneault. Universal Soldier (song), written and recorded Buffy Sainte-Marie. You Were on My Mind, written by Sylvia Tyson. Venues The Matador Club, a country-music venue, opens in Toronto. Other 10 April – Glenn Gould retires from public performance in Los Angeles.Bazzana 2003 229 Deaths 7 January – Colin McPhee, composer and musicologist. 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. See also 1964 in music 1964 in Canada 1964 in Canadian television References Citations 30em http://avtrust.ca/collections/rpm/en_aboutthemagazine.htm About RPM Magazine Doug Lounsbury avtrust.ca Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada 3 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20070822200520/http://avtrust.ca/collections/rpm/en_aboutthemagazine.htm 22 August 2007 dmy-all http://avtrust.ca/collections/rpm/en_junos.htm The RPM Legacy Doug Lounsbury avtrust.ca Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada 3 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120215025642/http://avtrust.ca/collections/rpm/en_junos.htm 15 February 2012 dmy-all https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cbc-symphony-orchestra-emc CBC Symphony Orchestra Clifford Ford Clifford Ford Patricia Wardrop Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Historica Canada 17 August 2019 https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/colin-mcphee Opera Canada Gilles Potvin Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Historica Canada 15 December 2013 17 August 2019 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mariposa-folk-festival-emc Mariposa folk festival Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Historica Canada 17 August 2019 http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone/028011-1001-e.html Biographies » Pierre-Aurèle Asselin, tenor (1881–1964) Robert Thérien collectionscanada.gc.ca Library and Archives Canada Ottawa 3 February 2012 http://www.earcandymag.com/rrcase-mynahbirds-part2.htm RICK JAMES AND THE MYNAH BIRDS Nick Warburton June 2005 earcandymag.com 14 July 2012 http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/Crew_Cuts.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160310105647/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/Crew_Cuts.html dead 10 March 2016 Artist: Crew Cuts Biography 30 November 2004 canoe.com Jam! 14 July 2012 with notes from Richard Patterson, Bart Shevory, John B. Young and Joe Matthews. dmy-all Andrew MacNaughtan, photographer, dies on Rush assignment Ben Rayner https://www.thestar.com/article/1122140--andrew-macnaughtan-photographer-dies-shooting-rush Toronto Star Torstar Corporation Toronto 679765547 26 January 2012 26 January 2012 Bibliography Bazzana Kevin Kevin Bazzana Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould https://books.google.com/books?id=Fj_c-WF9sBIC&q=Wondrous%20Strange%3A%20The%20Life%20and%20Art%20of%20Glenn%20Gould&pg=PP5 McClelland & Stewart Toronto 2003 978-0-7710-1101-6 52286240 1963 in Canadian music :Category:Years in Canadian music 1964 1965 in Canadian music