Wilf Doyle

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| birth_name = Wilfred Doyle

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|04|02}}

| birth_place = Conception Harbour, Dominion of Newfoundland

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|06|08|1925|04|02}}

| death_place = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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| instrument = Accordion

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| label = Rodeo, Audat

| past_member_of = Wilf Doyle and His Orchestra

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Wilf Doyle (2 April 1925 — 8 June 2012){{cite web|url=http://www.dunphys.ca/obit/detail/221|title=Wilfred Doyle|publisher=Dunphy's Funeral Home|accessdate=29 January 2017}} was a Canadian folk musician, generally regarded as one of the pioneers of accordion music of Newfoundland. In 2007, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-music-pioneer-wilf-doyle-dies-1.1225533|title=Newfoundland music pioneer Wilf Doyle dies|date=11 June 2009|publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada|accessdate=29 January 2017}}

Doyle was born in Conception Harbour. He played accordion from the age of nine, and in 1944, started performing with his band, Wilf Doyle and His Orchestra. He was first recorded in 1956 and went on to make 11 records, being regular at TV and radio broadcasts.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/living/2012/6/12/musical-pioneer-wilf-doyle-remembered-3005799.html|title=Musical pioneer Wilf Doyle remembered|date=12 June 2012|publisher=The Telegram|accessdate=29 January 2017}} He performed mainly traditional Newfoundland songs, well known as well as less known.{{cite journal|last=Taft|first=Michael|year=1974|title=LP Recordings of Traditional Newfoundland Music|journal=Canadian Journal for Traditional Music|issue=2|pages=45–51|url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/viewFile/21897/25386}}

William Keating, a member of the Wilf Doyle band, founded the rock group, The Keatniks, based in Labrador City. The group in 1965 made the first rock-and-roll record by native Newfoundlanders.{{cite web|url=http://citizenfreak.com/artists/97492-keatniks|title=Keatniks|last=Williston|first=Robert|publisher=Museum of Canadian Music|accessdate=31 January 2017}}