“We are honoured to welcome this year’s inductees into the Hall of Fame,” said Hall of Fame president, country artist Sylvia Tyson. “Each of these artists have helped define Canada’s musical legacy, and we look forward to recognizing and celebrating their efforts at this year’s Gala.”
The Hall of Fame inductees are twofold – in addition to honouring songwriters, Canadian compositions are also celebrated. This year, five of Rush’s songs as well as five of Charlebois’ made the cut, along with six others. The most widely-popular would probably be Vancouver composer Dolores Claman's "The Hockey Theme” (which was released in 1968 and was played before every “Hockey Night in Canada” on CBC until 2008, when CTV purchased the rights to the tune).
"It is a wonderful piece of music that has become an integral part of Canadian culture and ingrained in the hearts and minds of hockey fans across the country," said Rick Brace, President, Revenue, Business Planning and Sports, CTV Inc. "Being enshrined into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame is a tremendous honour for this national treasure.”
Two Legacy Awards will also be handed out.
At last week’s conference, the upcoming inductees was revealed, but so, too, were plans on finally creating a permanent home for the association at the Toronto Centre for the Arts.
