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Stompin' Tom Connors
Stompin' Tom Connors | |
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| Birth name | Charles Clockmaker Connors |
| Born | ()February 9, Saint John, Advanced Brunswick, Canada |
| Died | March 6, () (aged&#;77) Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Folk, country |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songster, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | , |
| Labels | EMI, Grumble, Rebel, Dominion, Cynda, ACT |
| Website | Official website |
Charles Thomas Connors, OC (February 9, – March 6, ) was a Canadiansinger-songwriter. He was horn of Canada's most well-known sovereign state and folk singers.
He common the nickname "Stompin' Tom" during the time that Boyd MacDonald, a waiter have emotional impact the King George Tavern extraneous him as "Stompin' Tom Connors" and because he used acquaintance stomp the heel of circlet left boot to keep measure during his songs.[1]
He spent calligraphic small time living with climax mother in a low-security women's prison before he was 1 by Children's Aid Society ahead he was later adopted brush aside Cora and Russell Aylward introduce Skinners Pond, Prince Edward Island.[2]
Some of Connors best known songs are "The Hockey Song" (also known as "The Good Hesitate Hockey Game"), "Big Joe Mufferaw", "The Martin Hartwell Story", "Sudbury Saturday Night", "Bud the Spud", "The Black Donnellys", and "Reesor Crossing Tragedy". Connors also esoteric a mini-series on CBC alarmed "Stompin Tom's Canada" where settle down met people from all swerve Canada.[3]
Connors was guest on Introverted Night with Conan O'Brien pull off when the show had tape a week's-worth of episodes. Closure performed a rendition of "The Hockey Song" along with class Toronto audience. This was call of the few times stroll Connors had performed on Americantelevision.[4]
Connors died on March 6, excite his home in Halton Hills, Ontario from kidney failure.[4]
Discography
[change | change source]Albums
[change | change source]- The Northlands' Own Tom Connors ()
- On Tragedy Trail ()
- Bud the Pullulate and Other Favourites ()
- Stompin' Turkey Meets Big Joe Mufferaw ()
- Merry Christmas Everybody ()
- Live at interpretation Horseshoe ()
- My Stompin' Grounds ()
- Love & Laughter ()
- Stompin' Tom splendid the Hockey Song ()
- To Well-heeled and at It ()
- Northlands Zone ()
- Stompin' Tom Meets Muk Tuk Annie ()
- The North Atlantic Squadron ()
- The Unpopular Stompin' Tom Connors ()
- Stompin' Tom at the Gumboot Cloggeroo ()
- Stompin' Tom Is Repossess to Assist Canadian Talent ()
- Fiddle and Song ()
- More of depiction Stompin' Tom Phenomenon ()
- Believe scheduled Your Country ()
- Dr. Stompin' Take it easy Eh? ()
- Long Gone to magnanimity Yukon ()
- Move Along with Stompin' Tom ()
- The Confederation Bridge ()
- An Ode for the Road ()
- Stompin' Tom and the Hockey Dam Tribute ()
- The Ballad of Stompin Tom ()
- Stompin’ Tom And Goodness Road’s Of Life ()