Dallas Harms

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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
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1959–1984
LabelsColumbia
Broadland
RCA

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]

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[edit]

Albums[edit]

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

Singles[edit]

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[edit]

  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.

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