Jimmy Arthur Ordge

{{Short description|Canadian country music singer and musician (1935–2016)}}

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| name = Jimmy Arthur Ordge

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| birth_name = James Arthur Ordge

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| birth_date = 1935

| birth_place = Donalda, Alberta, Canada

| death_date = July 1, 2016 (aged 80)

| death_place = Edmonton, Alberta

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| genre = Rockabilly, country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician

| years_active = 1961–1981

| label = Quality Records, Decca Records, Apex Records, Damon Records, MCA Coral, Royalty Records, Dore Records{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4504164-Jimmy-Arthur-Ordge|title=Jimmy Arthur Ordge|website=Discogs}}

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James Arthur Ordge (1935 – July 1, 2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/edmontonjournal/180574681|title=James Ordge Obituary|date=July 6, 2016|publisher=Edmonton Journal|via=www.legacy.com|accessdate=April 28, 2023}} was a Canadian country music recording artist.

Ordge scored two Canadian Number-One country singles with his 1967 release “Irena Cheyenne”{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.10056b.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - April 22, 1967}} and his 1970 release “The Ballad of Muk Tuk Annie”.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6964.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - November 28, 1970}} He was a Country Male Vocalist of the Year nominee for the Juno Awards of 1978.{{Cite web|url=https://royaltyrecords.ca/canadian-country-music-family-lost-one-of-its-true-pioneers/|title=CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC FAMILY, LOST ONE OF ITS TRUE PIONEERS|website=Royalty Records Inc.|date=July 5, 2016 }} His 1981 Doré Records single release, “Stay Away From Jim”,{{cite web| url = https://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Arthur-Ordge-Stay-Away-From-Jim-/release/15259180| title = Jimmy Arthur Ordge – Stay Away From Jim (1981, Vinyl) - Discogs| website = Discogs| date = October 31, 1981}} made the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 89 on July 24, 1981.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jimmy-arthur-ordge/chart-history |title=Jimmy Arthur Ordge {{!}} Billboard |website=www.billboard.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902161802/https://www.billboard.com/music/jimmy-arthur-ordge/chart-history |archive-date=2021-09-02}}

Ordge died of cancer on July 1, 2016, at age 80.