Royalty Records is a Canadian
country music
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record label
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and
distributor
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established in 1974.
["Surprise music industry award leaves Smith speechless". '' Edmonton Journal'', October 5, 2004.]
Royalty artists
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Roy Acuff
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After Tuesday
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Colin Amey
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Sharon Anderson
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Eddy Arnold
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Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford (born April 17, 1976) is an Australian-Canadian country music singer. He has released ten studio albums. Alberta-raised Bamford stands as one of the most decorated artists in Canadian country music with 26 Canadian Country Music Ass ...
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Tommy Banks
Thomas Benjamin Banks (December 17, 1936 – January 25, 2018) was a Canadian pianist, conductor, arranger, composer, television personality and senator.
Television and musical career
Banks was the host of nationally - and internationally ...
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Bobby Bare
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Barnes/Hampton
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Eli Barsi
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Lisa Brokop
Lisa Brokop (born June 6, 1973) is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of seven studio albums and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music ...
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Floyd Cramer
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Heather Dawn
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Dave Dudley
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The Emeralds
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Gary Fjellgaard
Gary Lynn Fjellgaard (born August 14, 1937)Staff (undated)"Gary Fjellgaard" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. Retrieved February 15, 2013. is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter.
He has released fifteen albums and charted thirty-five songs ...
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Foster Martin Band
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George Fox
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Steve Fox
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Frankie & Walter
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Friday Night Satellites
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Vern Gosdin
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Gil Grand
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Jason Greeley
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Gaby Haas
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Kenny Hess
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Lisa Hewitt
Lisa Hewitt is a Canadian country music singer. Hewitt released her self-titled debut album on the independent Socan Records in 1999. Her second album, ''The Road I Chose'', was released in 2004 by Royalty Records. Its first single, "One of Thes ...
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Hey Romeo
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Johnny Horton
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The Jeffersons
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Brad Johner
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Biography
Brad Johner grew up in Saskatchewan playing music in his family band. When he was 16, Brad won a National Talent Contest during Country Music Week in Hamilton in ...
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The Johner Brothers
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Melanie Laine
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John Landry
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Jimmy Martin
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McQueen
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Tony Michael
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Big Miller & Tommy Banks
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Katie Mission
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Bill Monroe
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Craig Moritz
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Megan Morrison
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Bev Munro
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Jimmy C. Newman
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Po' Boy Swing
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Roy Orbison
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The Orchard
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Jimmy Arthur Ordge
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Ordge scored two Canadian Number-One country singles with his 1967 release “Irena Cheyenne” and his 1970 release “The Ballad of Muk Tuk Annie”. He ...
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Dolly Parton
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Jesse Pessoa
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Poverty Plainsmen
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Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett (born August 2, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He has one #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' Canada Country chart with " Better When I Do".
Biography
Pritchett got his start as a DJ at Rooster's Country Cabaret bar in Pitt M ...
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REO Speedwagon
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Jessica Robinson
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Santana
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* Krysta Scoggins
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Shifty Morgan
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Showdown & Gary Lee
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Ricky Skaggs
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Joyce Smith
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R. Harlan Smith &
Chris Nielsen
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Duane Steele
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Jamie C. Taylor
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Tex Pistols
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Rick Tippe
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Ben Tobiasson
* Track One A.B.
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Laura Vinson
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Western Senators
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Hank Williams
See also
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List of record labels
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References
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Record labels established in 1974
Canadian independent record labels
Canadian country music record labels
Companies based in Edmonton
1974 establishments in Alberta
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