Canadian Pioneers

This collection honours the trailblazers—the artists who dared to do something different and, in many cases, were the first to do it in Canadian music. From genre-defining innovators to cultural groundbreakers, Canadian Pioneers celebrates those who opened doors, broke rules, and carved out new paths with originality, courage, and vision. Their contributions helped shape the sound of Canada—and inspired generations to come.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Hewitt, Winston	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Hewitt, Winston	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
McNeil, Irene	Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:42
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31

Canadian Pioneers

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Keatniks - ST

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Get Loose Crew - ST

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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