Saturday, February 25, 2006

More Famous Canadians

Lorne Michaels, (born 1944), originator of Saturday Night Live
Christopher Plummer, (born 1927), actor
Alex Trebek, (born 1940), game show host
Fay Wray, (1907-2004), actress (King Kong)
Arcade Fire - band
April Wine - hard rock group
Eric Clapton - Blues/Classic Rock musician, (father was Edward Fryer, a Canadian soldier stationed in England during WWII)
Robert Goulet - singer, actor (Elvis's least favorite actor. He shot out the TV once because he was on it.)
Jacksoul - soul/jazz group
Lillix - pop/rock group
Luba - female pop singer (our dog was named after her)
Alexina Louie-Pianist (my favorite contemporary composer)
Our Lady Peace - rock group (other people may have known they were Canadian, but I never did)
Daniel Powter - singer/songwriter
Sloane
Skinny Puppy
Rufus Wainwright - folk-pop singer

1 comment:

Heidi Hoffman said...

our lady peace reminds of like Liberty and stuff and that girl with the torch, so i always thought it would be about the US, cool