GORDON LIGHTFOOT
Inducted in 2001
Inducted into the Juno Hall of Fame
COLLEEN PETERSON
Inducted in 2000
CCMA ‘Best Vocal Collaboration’ in 1996
RONNIE PROPHET
Inducted in 1999 CCMA ‘Entertainer of the Year’ in 1984
RAY GRIFF
Inducted in 1998
SOCAN’S ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in 2008
FAMILY BROWN
Inducted in 1997
7 Billboard hit singles in the 1980s
MYRNA LORRIE
Inducted in 1996 Junos ‘Best Female Country Singer’ 1970-1971
GENE MACLELLAN
Inducted in 1995
Four Top 20 hits in Canada
DICK DAMRON
Inducted in 1994
Multiple Country Hits
STU PHILLIPS
Inducted in 1993
Invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1967
BOB NOLAN
Inducted in 1993
One of the most prolific writers of traditional “western” country music with over 1,200 songs
STU DAVIS
Inducted in 1993
Known as “Canada’s Cowboy Troubadour”
WARD ALLEN
Inducted in 1993
Founding member of The Happy Wanderers
CARROLL BAKER
Inducted in 1992
14 consecutive #1 hits, multiple CCMA Award Winner
THE RHYTHM PALS
Inducted in 1991
Recipient of three Juno Awards and the first Canadian singing group to appear on American TV.
GORDIE TAPP
Inducted in 1990
Recipient of the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario
IAN TYSON
Inducted in 1989
A recipient of the Order of Canada
LUCILLE STARR
Inducted in 1987
The first Canadian female recording artist to appear on the Grand Ole Opry
HANK SNOW
Inducted in 1985
Inducted into Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame 1989
ORVAL PROPHET
Inducted in 1989
Among the first Canadian artists to record in Nashville
MARG OSBURNE
Inducted in 1989
Three top 20 singles as a solo recording artist
DON MESSER
Inducted in 1989
Formed the Don Messer and the Islanders. “The Don Messer Show” began in 1959 and remained on national TV until 1969
EARL HEYWOOD
Inducted in 1989
Known as “Canada’s No. 1 Cowboy Singer”
DALLAS HARMS
Inducted in 1989
Winner of multiple RPM Big Country Awards and CCMA Awards
KING GANAM
Inducted in 1989
Nicknamed “Canada’s King of the Fiddle”
AL CHERNY
Inducted in 1989
Won the Canadian Old Time Fiddlers’ contest for three consecutive years (1959-1961)
CHARLIE CHAMERLAIN
Inducted in 1989
Vocal work is featured on many of the albums released by Don Messer and His Islanders
“PAPA” JOE BROWN
Inducted in 1989
Career spanning over five decades starting with the Hillbilly Jewels, becoming a founding member of The Happy Wonderers, and Family Brown
THE MERCEY BROTHERS
Inducted in 1989
Won the Juno Award for “Best Country Group” four years running (1969-1972)
MAURICE BOLYER
Inducted in 1989
Known as “Canada’s King of the Banjo”
TOMMY HUNTER
Inducted in 1984
Won the Juno Award for “Best Male Country Singer” for three consecutive years (1967-69). Member of the Order of Canada 1986 and Member of the Order of Ontario 1996
WILF CARTER
Inducted in 1984
Inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Association Hall of Fame in 1971
BUILDERS
RANDALL PRESCOTT
Inducted in 2022
6-time CCMA Award Winner and producer and recipient of the 2021 Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award with CP Holiday Train. This induction marks Prescott’s second into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
RANDY STARK
Inducted in 2021
Past CCMA Director and President
ANYA WILSON
Inducted in 2019
First independent female radio tracker in Canada
JACKIE RAE GREENING
Inducted in 2018
Multiple CCMA Award Winner and Alberta Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee
L. HARVEY GOLD
Inducted in 2017
Founded the Country Music Talent Fund
PAUL MASCIOLI
Inducted in 2016
Past CCMA President and CCMA Award Winner
ELIZABETH “MA” HENNING
Inducted in 2015
Spearheaded the first televised production of the Canadian Country Music Awards
RON SAKAMOTO
Inducted in 2014
Received the CCMA Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year for 17 consecutive years, with the award later being renamed in his honour
ED HARRIS
Inducted in 2013
2-time CCMA Record Industry Person of the Year
RALPH MURPHY
Inducted in 2012
Received the Jo Walker-Meador International Achievement Award (CMA)
BILL LANGSTROTH
Inducted in 2011
Grew the Don Messer Show to a nationally broadcast program
TOM TOMPKINS
Inducted in 2010 Juno Award winner and multiple CCMA Award winner
BARRY HAUGEN
Inducted in 2009
First national “Country Music” promotion manager for a major record company
BRIAN FERRIMAN
Inducted in 2008
8-time winner of the CCMA Manager of the Year Award
SHEILA HAMILTON
Inducted in 2007
Past Executive Director of the CCMA
BRIAN AHERN
Inducted in 2006
Produced over 13 of Anne Murray’s albums
R. HARLAN SMITH
Inducted in 2005
Founded Royalty Records
J. EDWARD PRESTON
Inducted in 2003
Produced the famed Main Street Jamboree Show
ART SNIDER
Inducted in 2002
Producer, record company owner, tv network music conductor and record studio owner
GARY BUCK
Inducted in 2001
Founder of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and former International Director for the CMA in Nashville
LEONARD T. RAMBEAU
Inducted in 2000
Prominent artists’ manager who worked Anne Murray, John Allen Cameron, Frank Mills, Rita MacNeil and George Fox
WALT GREALIS
Inducted in 1999
Created the Can Con system and appointed the Order of Canada
BILL ANDERSON
Inducted in 1998
Writer, producer and host of Big Country
SAM SNIDERMAN
Inducted in 1997
One of the best-known music retailers in Canadian history, member of the Order of Canada 1976
LARRY DELANEY
Inducted in 1996
11-time recipient of the CCMA Country Music Person of the Year Award
STAN KLEES
Inducted in 1995
Created the Juno Awards and the Big Country Awards
HANK SMITH
Inducted in 1994
Founding President of the Academy of Country Music Entertainment
FRANK JONES
Inducted in 1993
Honoured with the CMA’s President’s Award and the Connie B. Gay Founding President’s Award
TED DAIGLE
Inducted in 1993
Member of the Canadian Association of Broadcaster’s Half Century Club
GORDON BURNETT
Inducted in 1992
Helped build the Academy of Country Music and former CCMA president
A. HUGH JOSEPH
Inducted in 1991
Signed acts as Wilf Carter, Hank Snow, King Ganam, Stu Phillips and more
RON SPARLING
Inducted in 1990
Founding member of Family Brown and spearheaded Canada’s first Country Music Week in 1977
DON GRASHEY
Inducted in 1989
Recipient of the RPM Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame Award
JACK FEENEY
Inducted in 1988
Named the CCMA’s first Executive Director in 1986
WILLIAM HAROLD MOON
Inducted in 1984
Founding member of the CCMA
BROADCASTERS
JOHN MURPHY
Inducted in 2009
Multiple winner of the MACA Broadcaster of the Year Award
WES MONTGOMERY
Inducted in 2008
CCMA Award winner and volunteer at charitable events across Alberta
CLIFF DUMAS
Inducted in 2007
The only Canadian broadcaster to win both a CMA and ACM Award for “Radio Personality of the Year” in the U.S.
CURLEY GURLOCK
Inducted in 2006
A legend in Alberta country radio
PAUL KENNEDY
Inducted in 2005
5-time CCMA Music Directory of the Year Award winner and 3-time CCMA On Air Personality of the Year Award winner
WEIRD HAROLD KENDALL
Inducted in 2004
Two decades at CKWX in Vancouver, BC as the Music Director
ART WALLMAN
Inducted in 2003
Awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1989
CHARLIE RUSSELL
Inducted in 2007
Created and broadcast one of Canada’s first weekly hit charts dedicated solely to country music
FRED KING
Inducted in 2003
Accolades include Broadcaster of the Year in Canada, CCMA On-Air Personality of the Year and a Prairie Country Music Association Heritage Award
ELMER TIPPE
Inducted in 2002
Recipient of 7 Country Music Broadcaster Awards
D’ARCY SCOTT
Inducted in 2002
Responsible for the first appearances in western Canada of Eddy Arnold, George Jones and Johnny Cash
BEV MUNRO
Inducted in 2002
Named Mr. DJ USA in 1959 at WSM in Nashville, TN