List of Canadian musicians

Bryan Adams, (born 1959), singer\\songwriter
Paul Anka, (born 1941), 50's pop icon
April Wine - hard rock group
Bachman Turner Overdrive - rock group (BTO)
Randy Bachman, (born 1943), singer
Barenaked Ladies - pop group
Be Good Tanyas - contemporary old time music group
Blue Rodeo - roots influenced music group
Madame Bolduc -singer, songwriter, harmonicist, violinist
Liona Boyd - classical guitarist
Russell Braun - operatic baritone
Buffalo Springfield - Neil Young's first international success
Tom Cochrane - singer/songwriter
Bruce Cockburn, (born 1945), singer/songwriter
Holly Cole - jazz singer
Cowboy Junkies - roots group
Crash Test Dummies - pop group
Crew-Cuts - 50s singing group
Burton Cummings, (born 1947), BTO and solo
Bobby Curtola - singer
Rick Danko, (1943-1999), musician in "The Band"
Tracy Dares - pianist
Celine Dion, (born 1968), pop singer and diva
D.O.A - Vancouver-based hardcore punk band
Melanie Doan - guitar hero and singer
Denny Doherty - singer in The Mamas and the Papas
Maynard Ferguson, (born 1928), band leader, trumpet
Maureen Forrester - contralto
Judith Forst - operatic mezzo soprano
David Foster - composer
Nelly Furtado - pop singer
Glenn Gould, (1932-1982), pianist, composer, philosopher
Robert Goulet, (born 1933), singer, actor
Emm Gryner - singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist
The Guess Who - rock group, composed "American Woman" while jamming live in Ontario
Hagood Hardy - singer
Sarah Harmer - singer
Corey Hart, (born 1962), pop star
Jeff Healey - blind guitar virtuoso and singer
Ben Heppner - operatic tenor
Paul Horn - flute player
Garth Hudson - musician in "The Band"
I Mother Earth - rock group
Diana Krall, (born 1964), jazz pianist
Chantal Kreviazuk - singer
k.d. lang, (born 1961), country punk and diva
Daniel Lanois - composer, produced U2 albums
Avril Lavigne, (born 1984), singer/songwriter
Geddy Lee, (born 1953), singer, bassist, keyboardist Rush
Gordon Lightfoot, (born 1938), singer
The Local Rabbits - rock group
Guy Lombardo, (1902-1977), Big Band Leader
Loverboy - rock group
Dave MacIsaac - guitarist/violinist
Buddy MacMaster - violinist
Natalie MacMaster - violinist/stepdancer
Richard Manuel, (died 1986), musician in "The Band"
Richard Margison - operatic tenor
Amanda Marshall - singer
Loreena McKennitt - celtic inspired musician, vocalist and entrepreneur
Sarah McLachlan, (born 1968), pop singer
Don Messer - fiddler
Joni Mitchell, (born 1943), folk and jazz artist, painter
Alan Monk - operatic baritone
Alanis Morissette, (born 1974), superstar
Moxy Fruvous - folk-pop/geek-rock band
Anne Murray, (born 1945), singer
Alannah Myles - singer
Nickelback - rock group
Jon Kimara Parker - classical pianist
Our Lady Peace - singing group
Oscar Peterson - (1925- ) jazz pianist
Brett Polegato - operatic baritone
Rankin Family - musical group
Robbie Robertson, (born 1944), musician in "The Band"
Stan Rogers, (1949-1983), folk musician
Rush - rock group
Buffy Sainte-Marie - singer, songwriter, artist, activist
Paul Shaffer, (born 1949), Musical director "Letterman" show
Jane Siberry, (born 1955), singer entrepreneur
Sarah Slean - singer, songwriter, pianist
Sloan - rock group
Hank Snow, (1914-1999), country & western singer
Stomping Tom Conners - Canadian Legend
Kim Stockwood - singer
Sum 41 - rock group
David Clayton Thomas - singer
The Tea Party - musical group
The Tragically Hip - musical group
Shania Twain, (born 1965), country/pop singer
Jon Vickers - operatic tenor
Gilles Vigneault - singer
Wide Mouth Mason - singing group
Zal Yanovsky of Lovin' Spoonful
Neil Young, (born 1945), singer

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