Earl Heywood

Celebrated as “Canada’s NUMBER 1 Cowboy Vocalist,” Earl Heywood was a pioneering power in the introduction of Canadian country music. Delivered on a plantation beyond Exeter, Ontario, on March 12, 1917, Heywood released his profession in 1941 as web host of his very own daily radio plan on Chatham place CFCO. A season afterwards he relocated towards the Wingham region and place CKNX, where he continued to be for another four years. As business lead vocalist and musical movie director for the every week series CKNX Barn Dance, Heywood quickly surfaced as the station’s highest-rated performer, bolstering his popularity via live performances at dances and occasions through the entire southwestern Ontario area. In 1946, he was also appointed web host of CKNX’s Serenade Ranch, which went for seven years. In 1948 Heywood agreed upon to RCA Victor, and with support clothing the Serenade Ranch Gang have scored such self-penned strikes as “The Alberta Waltz” and “The Tears of St. Anne.” In every, he composed and documented some 300 music across the period of his profession, including periods for Rodeo and Banff released beneath the Heywood Family members aegis and offering wife Martha and kids Patricia and Offer. As CKNX started expanding into tv, Heywood was tapped to headline the musical display Group 8 Ranch. He also made an appearance on series like the Range Riders Present and Traditional western Roundup. Inducted in to the Canadian Nation Music Hall of Popularity in 1989, Heywood also co-founded the Wingham-based Barndance Museum and Entertainment Culture, and with Martha continuing hosting traditional nation dances through the entire 1990s. He passed away Sept 17, 2006, at age 89.