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Burnin' (Gil Grand Album)
''Burnin is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Gil Grand. It was released on November 19, 2002 by Royalty Records. Seven singles were released from the album, including "Break It to Them Gently," originally recorded by Burton Cummings in 1978. Much of the album was recorded at Cedartree studio in Kitchener, Ontario, overseen by producers Jason Barry and Rick Hutt. They received nominations for Producer of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards for this work. Track listing # "There She Goes" (Odie Blackmon, Gil Grand) - 2:45 # "Burnin'" (Grand, Byron Hill) - 3:06 # "Break It to Them Gently" (Burton Cummings Burton Lorne Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career. Cummings has ...) - 4:27 # "Cry a Little" (Blackmon, Grand) - 3:14 # "Never Comin' Down" (Grand, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Grand
Gil Grand (born Gilles Lagrandeur, January 8, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer. Since 1998, he has released three studio albums: '' Famous First Words'' (1998), ''Burnin'' (2002) and ''Somebody's Someone'' (2006). He has charted several singles on the Canadian country singles charts as well, including the ''RPM'' top ten single " Famous First Words" in 1998. Career In 1998, Grand signed a record deal with Monument Records' Nashville division. His debut album, '' Famous First Words'', helped him receive three Canadian Country Music Awards nominations including Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year and Wrangler Rising Star. ''Burnin'' was released in December 2002. "Cry A Little," "Break It to Them Gently," "Run" and the title track were all released as singles. Grand earned five CCMA nominations in 2003 including Single of the Year, SOCAN Song of the Year, Video of the Year, and Best Album Graphics, and won Independent Male Artist of the Year. He released his thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royalty Records
Royalty Records is a Canadian country music record label and distributor established in 1974."Surprise music industry award leaves Smith speechless". '' Edmonton Journal'', October 5, 2004. Royalty artists * Roy Acuff * After Tuesday * Colin Amey * Sharon Anderson * Eddy Arnold * Gord Bamford * Tommy Banks * Bobby Bare * Barnes/Hampton * Eli Barsi * Lisa Brokop * Floyd Cramer * Heather Dawn * Dave Dudley * The Emeralds * Gary Fjellgaard * Foster Martin Band * George Fox * Steve Fox * Frankie & Walter * Friday Night Satellites * Vern Gosdin * Gil Grand * Jason Greeley * Gaby Haas * Kenny Hess * Lisa Hewitt * Hey Romeo * Johnny Horton * The Jeffersons * Brad Johner * The Johner Brothers * Melanie Laine * John Landry * Jimmy Martin * McQueen * Tony Michael * Big Miller & Tommy Banks * Katie Mission * Bill Monroe * Craig Moritz * Megan Morrison * Bev Munro * Jimmy C. Newman * Po' Boy Swing * Roy Orbison * The Orchard * Jimmy Arthur Ordge * Dolly Parton * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famous First Words (Gil Grand Album)
''Famous First Words'' is the debut studio album by Canadian country music artist Gil Grand. It was released in June 1998 in Canada by Monument Records. Content ''Famous First Words'' charted four singles on the ''RPM'' charts in Canada. First was the title track at number six in 1998, followed by "Let's Start Livin'", "I Can't Put Your Memory to Bed", and "I Already Fell". All except "I Can't Put Your Memory to Bed" also charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts in the United States as well. Critical reception Tom Harrison of the Vancouver ''Province'' gave the album a mixed review, considering Grand's music "predictable and safe as milk". Track listing # " Famous First Words" (Byron Hill, J.B. Rudd) - 2:44 # "Spilled Perfume" (Hill, Tony Hiller Anthony Toby Hiller (30 July 1927 – 26 August 2018) was an English songwriter and record producer. He was best known for writing and/or producing hits for Brotherhood of Man, including " United We Stand" (1970) and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somebody's Someone (album) ''
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Somebody's Someone may refer to: * ''Somebody's Someone'' a 2006 album by Canadian singer Gil Grand * "Somebody's Someone", a song by Lonestar on their 2004 album ''Let's Be Us Again ''Let's Be Us Again'' is the fifth studio album by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in 2004 on BNA Records, and has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. The album produced three singles for the group on the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singer/songwriter
A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk-acoustic tradition, although this role has transmuted through different eras of popular music. Singer-songwriters often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano. In the early 21st century, digital production tools such as GarageBand began to be used by singer-songwriters to compose their music. Definition and usage The label "singer-songwriter" (or "song-writer/singer") is used by record labels and critics to define popular-music artists who write and perform their own material, which is often self-accompanied - generally on acoustic guitar or piano. Such an artist performs the roles of composer, lyricist, vocalist, sometimes instrumentalist, and often self-manager. According to AllMusic, singer-songwriters' lyrics are often persona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton Cummings
Burton Lorne Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career. Cummings has been inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been cited as one of the most influential performers in Canadian rock music. He has also been named as an officer of the Order of Canada and Order of Manitoba. The Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg is named in his honour. Career Early years Cummings was born and raised in Winnipeg by his mother and maternal grandparents, after his father left the family during his infancy. He attended St. John's High School but dropped out at age 17 to pursue a career in music; the school granted him an honorary diploma in 2010. In 1964 Cummings joined local R&B band the Deverons (not to be confused with an American group called the Devr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitchener, Ontario
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Canadian Country Music Awards
The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The groundwork for the association began on June 3rd, 1973 when a group of twelve entertainers, promoters and radio personalities met at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Ontario and formed a Board of Directors to help promote Canadian content. The group included Jury Krytiuk, president of Boot Records, Bod Dalton, a promotor, Sean Eyre, DJ Lindsay, radio personality Harold Moon who worked for BMI Records, Jack Starr of The Horseshoe Tavern, Barry Haugen of RCA Records, Vic Folliott of Brantford Radio, Mary Butterill of CAPAC Publishing and Ben Kerr who was a prominent promoter and Brent Williams, a notable country and bluegrass entertainer. This group was aided by future Country Music Awards organizer and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Joe Talbot who flew up from Nasville especially for this meetin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Hill
Byron Hill (born December 12, 1953), is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Living and working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than forty years, his songs have been recorded by many Country and Pop artists. Music career After moving from his hometown of Winston-Salem, NC to Nashville in May 1978, Byron signed his first songwriting contract in September of that year with ATV Music Group in Nashville. The hits started for him as a songwriter in 1979 with Joe Sun's "Out Of Your Mind", and in 1981 with Johnny Lee's "Pickin' Up Strangers", with many other recordings and notable chart hit singles along the way including "The Pages of My Mind" by Ray Charles (1986), "Nights" by Ed Bruce (1985), "Alright Already" by Larry Stewart (1993); "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" by Tracy Byrd (1994); "High-Tech Redneck" by George Jones (1994); "Over You" by Anne Murray (1995); "If I Was A Drinkin’ Man" by Neal McCoy (1996); "Politics, Religion A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
