Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

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The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame honours Canadian country music artists, builders, or broadcasters, living or deceased. The artifact collection includes extensive biographical information on the inductees. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame is on level five of Studio Bell in Calgary (850 4 Street SE), Alberta, a floor entirely dedicated to celebrating and recognizing Canadian music creators and artists who have left their mark on the country and beyond. In 2009, Cantos Music Foundation (now the National Music Centre) in Calgary became the owner of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame's artifacts after a transfer of ownership from Deb Buck, wife of deceased Hall of Fame member Gary Buck. For several years the Hall of Fame was based in a log building on the Calgary Stampede grounds. In 1993, Canadian singer-songwriter Stompin' Tom Connors declined an induction into the Hall of Fame, as part of his ongoing campaign against the Americanization of Canadian music. Wilf Carter (artist) Tommy Hunter (artist) Orval Prophet (artist) William Harold Moon (builder) 1985 Charlie Chamberlain (artist) Al Cherney (artist) King Ganam (artist) Dallas Harms (artist) Earl Heywood (artist) Marg Osburne (artist) Ian Tyson (artist) Mercey Brothers (artist) Maurice Bolyer (artist / builder) Don Grashey (builder) 1990 Ward Allen (artist) Stu Phillips (artist) Bob Nolan (artist) Stu Davis (artist) Ted Daigle (builder) Frank Jones (builder) 1994 Anne Murray (artist) Art Snider (builder) Bev Munro (broadcaster) D'Arcy Scott (broadcaster) Elmer Tippe (broadcaster) 2003 Sylvia Tyson (artist) J. Edward Preston (builder) Fred King (broadcaster) Charlie Russell (broadcaster) Art Wallman (broadcaster) 2004 The Good Brothers (artist) "Weird" Harold Kendall (broadcaster) 2005 Gary Fjellgaard (artist) R. Harlan Smith (builder) Paul Kennedy (broadcaster) 2006 Terry Carisse (artist) Brian Ahern (builder) Curley Gurlock (broadcaster) 2007 John Allan Cameron (artist) Sheila Hamilton (builder) Cliff Dumas (broadcaster) 2008 Prairie Oyster (artist) Brian Ferriman (builder) Wes Montgomery (broadcaster) 2009 Buffy Sainte-Marie (artist) Barry Haugen (builder) John Murphy (broadcaster) 2010 Willie P. Bennett (artist) Marie Bottrell (artist) Donna Anderson & LeRoy Anderson (artist) Eddie Eastman (artist) Don Harron (artist) Fred McKenna (artist) Wayne Rostad (artist) Joyce Smith (artist) Hal & Ginger Willis (artist) Ray St. Germain (artist) Tom Tompkins (builder) 2011 Canadian Country Music Association CMT (Canada) List of music museums Official site Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame National Music Centre

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