Tag: Music

Randy Bachman was born in Winnipeg, Canada on September 27th, 1943. At age three he won a singing contest on CKY’s King of the Saddle program. By age 5 he had started studying the violin in the Royal Toronto Conservatory of Music. Randy Bachman is a legendary figure in the rock and roll world as a guitarist, songwriter, performer and…
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Website Dubbed by The New York Times as the “Michael Jackson of India,” Canada’s Jaswinder Singh Bains, more popularly known as Jazzy B, is heralded for introducing a fresh new image to the world of Bhangra music. Since his smash debut album, Gugian de Jorra, hit the streets in 1993, the transatlantic superstar has released…
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John (Henry Patrick) Avison was born in Vancouver April 25th,1915, He received his ATCM in 1929. He attended the University of British Columbia (BA 1935) and the University of Washington (B MUS 1936). After World War II service he resumed music studies at the Juilliard School in 1946, at Columbia U 1946-7, and at Yale in…
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Angelina Calangis Avison performed with her brother, Conductor George Calangis and her four sisters Geneva, Mary, Helen, and Ethel. A popular act, they were billed in vaudeville theatre as the Musical Calangis Family and they played various mandolins and banjos to entertain their audiences. Angelina, who had studied violin with Arthur Gramm, Wilfred Rutley, Jean…
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Thora Anders was born on September 12, 1913 in Victoria BC. A beautiful songstress, she frequently accompanied her husband, entertainer Barney Potts. She was awarded the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Star in 1992.