Dallas Harms

Dallas Harms (July 18, 1935 – October 12, 2019) was a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Twenty of Harms' singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including the number one single "Honky Tonkin' (All Night Long)."[1] Harms was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.[2]

Dallas Harms
Birth nameDallas Leon Harms
Born(1935-07-18)July 18, 1935
Jansen, Saskatchewan, Canada
DiedOctober 12, 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 84)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1959–1984
LabelsColumbia
Broadland
RCA
Associated actsOrval Prophet
Gene Watson

Harms was born in Jansen, Saskatchewan,[3] but was raised in Hamilton, Ontario, and was awarded the Hamilton Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016. He died in Hamilton on October 12, 2019.[4]

Discography

Albums

Year Album CAN Country
1975 Paper Rosie
1978 The Fastest Gun 11
1979 Painter of Words
1982 Out of Harms Way

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
CAN Country CAN AC
1972 "In the Loving Arms of My Marie" 8
1973 "Old Ira Gray" 15 18
"Little Annie Brown" 29
1974 "Ruby's Lips" 35
1975 "Paper Rosie" 21
1976 "Georgia I'm Cheating on You Tonight" 28
1977 "Julie I Think It's Going to Rain" 23
"It's Crying Time for Me" 9
1978 "Master of the Classical Guitar" 18 41
"The Fastest Gun" 9
"I Picked a Daisy" 7
1979 "Lean on Me" 23
"The Ballad of the Duke" 6 28
"Rendezvous for Lovers" 45
1980 "Shelley's Last Request" 31
"You're a Memory" 27
1982 "Honky Tonkin' (All Night Long)" 1
1983 "Country Fever" 5
"Fooling with Fire" 8
1984 "Get Along Little Doggie" 14

References

  1. "Dallas Harms – Memory Maker". Country Music News. Archived from the original on July 1, 2004. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  2. "Dallas Harms biography". Canadian Country Music Association. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  3. "Dallas Harms". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  4. "Canadian Country Great Dallas Harms Passes". October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.