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Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

Index Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (Panthéon des Auteurs et Compositeurs Canadiens) is a Canadian non-profit organization, founded in 1998 by Frank Davies, that inducts Canadians into their Hall of Fame within three different categories: songwriters, songs, and those others who have made a significant contribution with respect to music. [1]

97 relations: Adaptation, Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens, Alex Kramer, Alex Lifeson, Alfred Bryan, André Gagnon, André Lejeune, Barbra Streisand, Bing Crosby, Birth, Bob Dylan, Boom Desjardins, Branford Marsalis, Canada, Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Canadiana Suite, Canadians, Candy (1944 song), CBC Music, CBC News, CBC Radio One, CBC Television, Celine Dion, Cindy Daniel, Citizenship, Claude Dubois, Closer to the Heart, Come Josephine in My Flying Machine, Counting Crows, David Foster, Diana (Paul Anka song), Dione Taylor, Dolores Claman, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Emilie-Claire Barlow, Frank Davies (record producer), Frank Sinatra, Fred Fisher, Geddy Lee, Gene Autry, Greater Sudbury, Gregory Charles, Heart Like a Wheel, It Doesn't Matter Anymore, Jacques Brel, Jean Chrétien, Julie Crochetière, Jully Black, Juno Award, ..., Kyle Riabko, Lawrence Gowan, Limelight (Rush song), Louis Armstrong, Love Child (song), Madonna (entertainer), Martha Wainwright, Michel Pagliaro, My Sister and I (song), My Way, National Post, Neil Peart, Night Train (Oscar Peterson album), Nonprofit organization, OCAD University, Oliver Jones (pianist), Ontario, Orillia, Oscar Peterson, Ovila Légaré, Parry Sound, Ontario, Paul Anka, Performing arts, Permanent residency in Canada, Publishing, Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Pye Dubois, Richard Stursberg, Robert Charlebois, Rod Stewart, Rufus Wainwright, Rush (band), Sculpture, Serena Ryder, She's a Lady, Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song), Song, Songwriter, Subdivisions (song), Suzie McNeil, Television presenter, The Hockey Theme, The Rolling Stones, The Spirit of Radio, Tom Sawyer (song), Toronto Centre for the Arts, Translation. Expand index (47 more) »

Adaptation

In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.

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Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens

"Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" is a 1946 song, with music and lyrics by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney.

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Alex Kramer

Alex J. Kramer (May 30, 1903 – February 10, 1998) was a Canadian songwriter.

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Alex Lifeson

Alexandar Zivojinovich, (born 27 August 1953), better known by his stage name Alex Lifeson, is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush.

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Alfred Bryan

Alfred Bryan (September 15, 1871 – April 1, 1958) was a Canadian lyricist.

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André Gagnon

André Gagnon (born 2 August 1936), OC is a Canadian composer, conductor, arranger, and actor.

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André Lejeune

André Lejeune (4 July 1935 – 9 September 2009) was a French politician and a member of both the National Assembly and then Senate of France.

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Barbra Streisand

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)Giddins 2001, pp.

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Birth

Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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Boom Desjardins

Daniel "Boom" Desjardins (born 1971) is a French Canadian singer from Val-d'Or, Quebec.

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Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is a non-profit organization responsible for promoting Canadian music and artists.

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Canadiana Suite

Canadiana Suite is a 1964 album by Oscar Peterson.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Candy (1944 song)

"Candy" is a popular song.

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CBC Music

CBC Music (formerly known as CBC FM, CBC Stereo and CBC Radio 2) is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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CBC News

CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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CBC Television

CBC Television (also known as simply "CBC") is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network that is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. Headquartered at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television. Almost all of the CBC's programming is produced in Canada. Although CBC Television is supported by public funding, commercial advertising revenue supplements the network, in contrast to CBC Radio and public broadcasters from several other countries, which are commercial-free.

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Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer.

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Cindy Daniel

Cindy Daniel (born May 6, 1986 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Québécois singer.

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Citizenship

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation.

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Claude Dubois

Claude André Dubois (born 24 April 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

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Closer to the Heart

"Closer to the Heart" is a single by Rush, released in 1977, from the album A Farewell to Kings.

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Come Josephine in My Flying Machine

"Come Josephine In My Flying Machine" is a popular song with music by Fred Fisher and lyrics by Alfred Bryan.

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Counting Crows

Counting Crows is an American rock band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1991.

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David Foster

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger.

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Diana (Paul Anka song)

"Diana" is a song written and made famous by Paul Anka in 1957, recorded in May 1957 at Don Costa studio in New York City.

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Dione Taylor

Dione Taylor is a Canadian jazz singer.

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Dolores Claman

Dolores Claman (born 6 July 1927) is a Canadian composer and pianist.

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Elizabeth Wyn Wood

Elizabeth Winnifred Wood (October 8, 1903 – January 27, 1966) known as Elizabeth Wyn Wood, was a Canadian sculptor and advocate of art education.

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Ellis Marsalis Jr.

Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (born November 14, 1934) is an American jazz pianist.

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Emilie-Claire Barlow

Emilie-Claire Barlow (born 6 June 1976) is a Canadian singer, arranger, record producer, and voice actress.

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Frank Davies (record producer)

The Honourable Francis William Harding Davies (born 22 November 1946) is a Canadian record producer, music publisher, and founder of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (Panthéon des Auteurs et Compositeurs Canadiens).

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Fred Fisher

Fred Fisher (born Alfred Breitenbach, September 3, 1875 – January 14, 1942) was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher.

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Geddy Lee

Geddy Lee Weinrib, (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953), known professionally as Geddy Lee, is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush.

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Gene Autry

Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer and business tycoon who gained fame as a singing cowboy in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s.

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Greater Sudbury

Greater Sudbury, commonly referred to as Sudbury, is a city in Ontario, Canada.

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Gregory Charles

Gregory Charles, OC (born February 12, 1968) is a Quebec performing artist of Trinidadian and French Canadian origin.

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Heart Like a Wheel

Heart Like a Wheel is the fifth solo studio album by Linda Ronstadt, released in November 1974.

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It Doesn't Matter Anymore

"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" is a pop ballad written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958.

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Jacques Brel

Jacques Romain Georges Brel (8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer, songwriter, poet, actor and director who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, later throughout the world.

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Jean Chrétien

Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (born January 11, 1934), known commonly as Jean Chrétien, is a Canadian politician who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003.

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Julie Crochetière

Julie Crochetière (born July 10, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec)Sugar Jones#Julie Crochetiere is an independent Canadian singer/songwriter, pianist and arranger.

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Jully Black

Jully Black (born Jullyann Inderia Gordon; November 8, 1977) is a Canadian R&B, singer-songwriter, and actress.

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Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music.

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Kyle Riabko

Kyle Riabko (born 29 September 1987) is a singer, guitarist, composer and actor who was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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Lawrence Gowan

Lawrence Henry Gowan (born 22 November 1956) is a Scottish-born Canadian musician.

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Limelight (Rush song)

"Limelight" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.

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Love Child (song)

"Love Child" is a 1968 song released by the Motown label for Diana Ross & the Supremes.

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Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter.

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Michel Pagliaro

Michel Armand Guy Pagliaro (born 9 November 1948) is a Canadian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist from Montreal, Quebec.

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My Sister and I (song)

"My Sister and I" is a song written by Hy Zaret, Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, recorded by Jimmy Dorsey, with vocals by Bob Eberly.

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My Way

"My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra.

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National Post

The National Post is a conservative Canadian English-language newspaper.

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Neil Peart

Neil Ellwood Peart, (born September 12, 1952), is a Canadian-American author and retired musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist for the rock band Rush.

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Night Train (Oscar Peterson album)

Night Train is an album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, released in 1963 by Verve Records.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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OCAD University

OCAD University, formerly the Ontario College of Art and Design, is a public university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Oliver Jones (pianist)

Oliver Theophilus Jones, (born September 11, 1934 in Little Burgundy, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Orillia

Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada.

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Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

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Ovila Légaré

Ovila Légaré (21 July 1901 - 19 February 1978) was a French-Canadian actor and singer from Quebec.

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Parry Sound, Ontario

Parry Sound is a town in Ontario, Canada, located on the eastern shore of the sound after which it is named.

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Paul Anka

Paul Albert Anka, (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor.

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Performing arts

Performing arts are a form of art in which artists use their voices or bodies, often in relation to other objects, to convey artistic expression.

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Permanent residency in Canada

Permanent residency in Canada is a status granting someone who is not a Canadian citizen the right to live and work in Canada without any time limit on their stay.

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Publishing

Publishing is the dissemination of literature, music, or information—the activity of making information available to the general public.

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Put Your Head on My Shoulder

"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka.

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Pye Dubois

Pye Dubois is a Canadian lyricist and poet.

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Richard Stursberg

Richard Barclay Stursberg is an entertainment executive.

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Robert Charlebois

Robert Charlebois, OC, OQ (born June 25, 1944) is a Québecois author, composer, musician, performer and actor.

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Rod Stewart

Sir Roderick David Stewart, (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock singer and songwriter.

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Rufus Wainwright

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, and composer.

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Rush (band)

Rush was a Canadian rock band comprising Geddy Lee (bass, vocals, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitars) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyrics).

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder (born December 8, 1982) is a Canadian musician.

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She's a Lady

"She's a Lady" is a million-selling gold-certified hit song written by Paul Anka and performed by Tom Jones, and released at the beginning of 1971.

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Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song)

"Signs" is a song by the Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical Band.

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Song

A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Subdivisions (song)

"Subdivisions" is a song by Canadian progressive rock group, Rush, released as the second single from their 1982 album Signals.

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Suzie McNeil

Susan Jane "Suzie" McNeil is a Canadian pop rock singer and songwriter.

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Television presenter

A presenter is a person who introduces or hosts television programs (or segments thereof such as an infomercial advertiser).

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The Hockey Theme

"The Hockey Theme" is a Canadian theme song written in 1968 by Dolores Claman and orchestrated by Jerry Toth.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Spirit of Radio

"The Spirit of Radio" is a song released in 1980 by the Canadian rock band Rush from their album Permanent Waves.

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Tom Sawyer (song)

"Tom Sawyer" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, originally released on their 1981 album Moving Pictures as its opener.

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Toronto Centre for the Arts

The Toronto Centre for the Arts, previously known as the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, is a performing arts centre in the former city of North York in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Translation

Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.

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References

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