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| Birth name | Charles Thomas Connors |
| Also known as | Tommy Messer, Stompin' Tom Connors |
| Born | February 9, 1936 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Died | March 6, 2013 (aged 77) Ballinafad, Ontario, Canada |
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| Website | www |
Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums, with total sales of nearly four million copies.[1]
Connors' songs have become part of the Canadian cultural landscape. Among his best-known songs are "Sudbury Saturday Night", "Bud the Spud" and "The Hockey Song"; the last is played at various games throughout the National Hockey League, including at every Toronto Maple Leafs home game.[2][3] In 2018, the song was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony at a Leafs game.[4]
- ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Stompin' Tom Connors". AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- ^ Douglas Martin (March 8, 2013). "Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian Singer, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- ^ "Tom Connors, Canadian country-folk legend, dies at 77". BBC News. March 8, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- ^ "Stompin' Tom's classic The Hockey Song to be inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame". CBC News. The Canadian Press. October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.