Canadian Zephyr

{{Short description|Canadian country music group}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Canadian Zephyr

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| origin = Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada

| genre = Country

| years_active = 1969-1983

| label = Cynda Records
Bronco Records
United Artists
RCA
Artists Alliance

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| current_members =

| past_members = John Hayman
Bill Meens
Marty Steiger r
Chris Plewes
Garth Bourne
Gord Logan
Joe Linge
Carl Toth
Dario Cingolani
Ron Musselwhite
Frank Shandraw John Howard

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Canadian Zephyr was a Canadian country music group. Twenty of their singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including the number one singles "You Made My Day Tonight"{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0133a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m031t12hj09d90nk9aau64rt94|title=RPM Country Tracks for March 24, 1979|work=RPM|accessdate=26 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020005353/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0133a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m031t12hj09d90nk9aau64rt94|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}} and "Guess I Went Crazy."{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0246a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m031t12hj09d90nk9aau64rt94|title=RPM Country Tracks for October 11, 1980|work=RPM|accessdate=26 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020005420/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0246a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m031t12hj09d90nk9aau64rt94|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}} They released two albums for United Artists and three albums for RCA.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/Canadian_Zephyr.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709134348/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/Canadian_Zephyr.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 9, 2012|title=Canadian Zephyr|work=The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia|accessdate=26 October 2010}}

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Album

! width="50"| CAN Country

1973

| Bringin' the House Down

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1974

| In the Zephyr Style

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1976

| It Just So Happens

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1978

| A Country Mile Better

| align="center"| 20

1979

| The Best of Canadian Zephyr

| align="center"| 21

1980

| Zephyr

| align="center"| 2

1983

| The Songwriters

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=Singles=

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak positions

width="45"| CAN Country

! width="45"| CAN AC

1972

| "Cheap Lowdown Wine"

| align="center"| 34

| align="center"| —

rowspan="3"| 1973

| "World of Make Believe"

| align="center"| 80

| align="center"| —

"My Sweet Caroline"

| align="center"| 46

| align="center"| —

"Loving My Lady"

| align="center"| 79

| align="center"| —

1974

| "Me and the Devil"

| align="center"| 32

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rowspan="2"| 1975

| "She Loves Away the Blues"

| align="center"| 27

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"Someone Special"

| align="center"| 9

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1976

| "Breaking Up with Brenda"

| align="center"| 11

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rowspan="2"| 1977

| "For All I Care"

| align="center"| 26

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"Stop Right There"

| align="center"| 23

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rowspan="3"| 1978

| "Here's Your Watch John"

| align="center"| 4

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"A Country Mile Better"

| align="center"| 26

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"You Made My Day Tonight"

| align="center"| 1

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rowspan="2"| 1979

| "Love When It Leaves Here"

| align="center"| 3

| align="center"| 25

"Don't Ask the Question"

| align="center"| 4

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rowspan="2"| 1980

| "Guess I Went Crazy"

| align="center"| 1

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"The Time It Takes to Leave"

| align="center"| 2

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1981

| "Watching It Die"

| align="center"| 16

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1982

| "Took You Back Again"

| align="center"| 10

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1983

| "Blonde and Down (From a Rodeo Town)"

| align="center"| 35

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References