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D27: 🇨🇦
Prozzak
🎶Strange Disease🎶
Like “Gorillaz”, this is a virtual group but “Prozzak” preceded them by 3 yrs. Known as their avatars Simon & Milo, this duo had 2 top 40 albums (1 of which hit #8). Their first album sold 3x platinum in Canada🤘🤘🤘
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D26:🇨🇦70/80s *catch up
The Northern Lights
🎶Tears Are Not Enough🎶
The UK had “Band Aid”, the US had “USA For Africa” & Canada had “The Northern Lights”. This who’s who of Canadian artists was released in 1985 & went to #1 on the Canadian charts🤘🤘🤘
Fun watch
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D25:🇨🇦70/80s *catch up
Stampeders
🎶Sweet City Woman🎶
This versitile 3 piece group could do it all. Folk rock, yacht rock, country, prog rock & straight up Rock n Roll bangers! They swept the Junos in 1971 winning 4 awards for “Sweet City Woman”🤘🤘🤘
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D24:🇨🇦70/80s *catch up
The Payola$
🎶Here’s The World🎶
Before Bob Rock was producing the biggest albums that Metallica, The Cult & Motley Crüe (plus many more) ever had, he teamed up with another Langford, BC local, Paul Hyde to form The Payolas.
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D23:🇨🇦70/80s *catch up
Platinum Blonde
🎶Contact🎶
These guys were 80’s, Much Music icons. In 1984 Platinum Blonde was the #2 highest selling Canadian act (Rush was #1)🤘🤘🤘
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D22:🇨🇦70/80s *catch up
Maestro Fresh Wes
🎶Let Your Backbone Slide🎶
In early 1989 Maestro Fresh Wes released the album “Symphony In Effect” & the face of Canadian Hip Hop was forever changed.
Hit #14 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart in 1990🤘🤘🤘
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D21:🇨🇦70/80s
D.O.A
🎶The Hockey Song🎶
Many cities have had a shitheads working for their municipality but only Burnaby, BC voted one in on purpose. They voted D.O.A. frontman Joey “Shithead” Keithley onto their city council in 2018.🤘🤘🤘
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D20:🇨🇦70/80s
Helix
🎶Rock You🎶
Every Canadian school dance played this song and every dance received the special Canadian chorus😉😂🤘🤘🤘
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D19:🇨🇦70/80s
Terry Bush
🎶Maybe Tomorrow🎶
If you were alive in Canada during the 70’s and/or 80’s you know this one. It was the theme song to one of the most beloved Canadian TV shows ever, “The Littlest Hobo”. It became an unofficial Canadian anthem🤘🤘🤘
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D18:🇨🇦70/80s
Raffi
🎶Baby Beluga🎶
Starting his career in the early 70’s in Toronto/Montreal, he played folk music in coffee houses. He moved to Vancouver to find “fame & fortune”. Well… he did! For many generations this song became an early childhood anthem! 🤘
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D17:🇨🇦Gals
K.D Lang
🎶Turn Me Round🎶
Now known as a sultry voiced adult contemporary powerhouse,
K.D first hit the scene like an androgynous tornado. Fusing classic country, rockabilly, a punk rock attitude & a gender bending style, she was a true original.🤘🤘🤘
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D16:🇨🇦Gals
Rough Trade
🎶High School Confidential🎶
Gal: Carole Pope
In 1976 they were the 1st rock band to record a “direct to disc” album.The band maintained controversy throughout its career and this song about Lesbian High School lust was their biggest hit🤘
27Badfish🇨🇦
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YouTube video by Musica Obscura: Rare Tracks and Performances
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D15:🇨🇦Gals
Chantal Kreviazuk
🎶Wayne🎶
Chantal is a 3x Juno winning Singer, songwriter, pianist.
She has cowritten/ ghostwritten hit songs with/for Drake, Pitbull & Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson & Gwen Stefani🤘🤘🤘
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🇨🇦Gals
Headpins
🎶Don’t It Make Ya Feel🎶
Gal: Darby Mills
Headpins started as a side project for members of Chilliwack. With the addition of Mills it took on a life of its own. ZZ Top kicked them off a 1985 tour because they were garnering too much attention
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D13:🇨🇦Gals
Cree Summer
🎶Revelation Sunshine🎶
Mostly known as Penny from Inspector Gadget/ Freddie from A Different World (+ many more), Cree has released 2 albums since 1993. She also appeared on a Sesame Street album in 1981 & a children’s album in 1979.🤘🤘🤘
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D12:🇨🇦Gals
Sass Jordan
🎶I Want To Believe🎶
In 1996 Van Halen needed a new singer & topping their list was Sass! Sass & the VH bros spent 4 months at 5150 studios. Ultimately it didn’t work out. It would have been a different vibe hearing Sass sing Panama! 🤘🤘🤘
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D11:🇨🇦Gals
Vanity
🎶Nasty Girl🎶
Vanity was discovered by Prince in 1980. She became his greatest “muse”. Prince believed she was the female version of himself & gave her the name. She in turn suggested he adopt purple as his colour because it was her favourite🤘
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D10:🇨🇦Gals
Toronto
🎶What About Love🎶
2 gals; Annie “Holly” Woods & Sheron Alton
Written by members of Toronto & Jim Vallance for the 1982 album Get It On Credit. It was never released & shelved instead. Heart covered it in 1985 & got a top 10 hit out of it🤘🤘🤘
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🇨🇦Gals
Alanis
🎶Too Hot🎶
Before she formally introduced herself the World as Alanis Morissette, she was just Alanis to us Canadians.
Released off self-titled debut, 1991.
Career:
Over 75m albums sold
14 Junos, 7 Grammys, 1 Brit Award, 1 Tony Award
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D8:🇨🇦Pioneers
Anne Murray
🎶Snowbird🎶
Anne became the 1st female Canadian artist to reach #1 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in 1970.
18 #1 hits
Over 50 million albums sold
25 Junos
4 Grammy Awards
3 AMAs, 3 CMAs, 3 CCMAs
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D7:🇨🇦Pioneers
Andy Kim
🎶Sugar, Sugar🎶
*This one’s a little different*
Andy Kim wrote this song with Jeff Barry & sang backing vocals on it.
That’s right, this Maple sweet gem has Canada written all over it🇨🇦
Released in 1969 by The Archies
#1 in 17 countries
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D6:🇨🇦Pioneers
The Guess Who
🎶American Woman🎶
In 1970 The Guess Who became the 1st Canadian band to reach #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
They charted 14 top 40 hits in the U.S & over 30 top 40 hits in Canada.
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D5:🇨🇦Pioneers
Paul Anka
🎶Diana🎶
The first Canadian solo artist to reach #1 on the Billboard charts & he would have three #1 hits in all.
At 15 yrs old he wrote “Diana” & a year later (1957) it became his 1st #1 hit.
