Gary Lynn Fjellgaard (born August 14, 1937)
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"Gary Fjellgaard"
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country music
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singer-songwriter.
He has released fifteen albums and charted thirty-five songs on the ''
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'' Country Tracks chart between 1977 and 1996, including the Top 10 singles "Walk in the Rain Tonight" (#10, 1987), "The Moon Is Out to Get Me" (with
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, No. 10, 1989), "Cowboy in Your Heart" (#7, 1989), "Somewhere on the Island" (#7, 1990), "In My Heart" (with Kidder, No. 10, 1990) and "Train of Dreams" (#10, 1994).
Career
Record label
He launched his own record label, Silver Creek Music, in 2001.
Awards
Fjellgaard's song "Riding on the Wind" was named Single of the Year in 1985 by the
Canadian Country Music Association
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. He also won the 1987
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Song of the Year award for writing the
Mercey Brothers
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Early life
All three M ...
' hit "Heroes".
Fjellgaard won the 1989
Canadian Country Music Association
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Award for Male Artist of the Year.
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. He also won three awards for his collaborations with Linda Kidder in 1989, 1990 and 1992.
After several years of nominations, Fjellgaard won the
1993 Juno Award for
Best Country Male Vocalist.
He was inducted into the
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in 2005.
2005 CCMA Award Winners
.
Canadian Country Music Association
* 1985 – Single of the Year ("Riding on the Wind")
* 1987 – SOCAN
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Song of the Year ("Heroes")
* 1989 – Male Artist of the Year
* 1989 – Duo of the Year (with Linda Kidder
Linda may refer to:
As a name
* Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named)
* Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer
* Anita Linda (born Alice Lake ...
)
* 1990 – Duo of the Year (with Linda Kidder)
* 1992 – Vocal Collaboration of the Year (with Linda Kidder)
Juno Awards
* 1993
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– Best Country Male Vocalist
Discography
Albums
Albums with Valdy
Singles
See also
* List of Canadian musicians
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* Lee Aaron – jazz and rock singer-songwriter, also known as "Metal Queen"
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* List of country-music performers
* List of guitarists
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* List of singer-songwriters
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* Music of Saskatchewan
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History
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References
External links
* , his official website
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1937 births
20th-century Canadian male singers
Canadian country guitarists
Canadian country singer-songwriters
Canadian folk guitarists
Canadian male guitarists
Canadian folk singers
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Juno Award winners
Living people
Musicians from Saskatchewan
20th-century Canadian guitarists
21st-century Canadian guitarists
Canadian Country Music Association Duo of the Year winners
Canadian Country Music Association Male Artist of the Year winners
21st-century Canadian male singers
Stony Plain Records artists