name | Wilf Carter | |
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background | solo_singer | |
birth name | Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter | |
alias | Montana Slim | |
birth date | December 18, 1904 | |
death date | December 05, 1996 | |
birth place | Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
death place | Scottsdale, Arizona, USA | |
instruments | | |
genre | Country Western| |
occupation | Singer, Songwriter, Yodeler | |
years active | 1930–1991| |
label | RCA Records | |
associated acts | | |
website | | |
current members | | |
past members | | }} |
Wilf Carter (December 18, 1904 - December 5, 1996), also known as Montana Slim, was a Canadian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and yodeller. Widely acknowledged as the father of Canadian country music, Carter was Canada's first country music star, inspiring a generation of young Canadian performers.
In 1923, after working as a lumberjack and singing with hobos in boxcars, Carter moved west to Calgary, Alberta, where he found work as a cowboy. He made extra money singing and playing his guitar at dances, performing for tourist parties, travelling in the Canadian Rockies. It was during this time that he developed his own yodelling style, sometimes called an "echo yodel" or a "three-in-one."
In 1933, Carter began recording for RCA Victor in Montreal. His first 78 recording, which included "My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby" and "The Capture of Albert Johnson," was the first hit record by a Canadian country music performer. Carter's popularity grew steadily. In 1933, he was hired as an entertainer on the maiden voyage of the British ship S.S. Empress. On his way to the ship, he stopped off in Montreal and recorded two songs he had just written: "My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby" and "The Capture of Albert Johnson." The record became a best-seller within a year. That same year, Carter also wrote and recorded "Pete Knight, The King of the Cowboys," which also became a hit.
In 1935, Carter moved to New York City, where he performed on WABC radio. He also hosted a CBS country music radio program until 1937. During this time, someone tagged him with the name "Montana Slim," and the name stuck.
In 1937, Carter returned to Alberta, where he purchased a ranch. He continued to appear on both American and Canadian radio shows, as well as perform live concerts.
In 1940, Carter seriously injured his back in a car accident in Montana. He was unable to perform for much of the decade, but his popularity was sustained by the periodic release of new recordings. He sold his ranch in 1949 and moved his family to a 180-acre (0.73 km2) farm in New Jersey. In 1952, he moved again, this time to Orlando, Florida, where he opened the Wilf Carter Motor Lodge, a venture that lasted only two years.
In 1953, Wilf Carter started touring with his own show called, The Family Show with the Folks You Know. His daughters, Carol and Sheila, worked with him as dancers and back-up singers.
In 1964, Carter performed for the first time at the Calgary Stampede. He also became one of the most requested guests on the TV show hosted by Canadian country singer Tommy Hunter.
In 1971, Wilf Carter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1979, he served as the grand marshal at the Calgary Stampede, and in 1981, he toured with his contemporary, Hank Snow. He was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984, and the following year, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Juno Awards Hall of Fame. A video documentary was released in 2000, called The Last Round-up: The Wilf Carter Story, which examined Carter's distinguished career.
In 1988, Carter recorded his last album, What Ever Happened to All Those Years. In 1991, at age 86, he made his last concert tour, appropriately called The Last Round-up Tour, with shows throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Manitoba. He retired the following year, due to his loss of hearing. Wilf Carter died in 1996 in Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 91.
! Year | ! Album | CAN Country |
1981 | My Home on the Range |
! Year | ! Single | CAN Country | ! Album |
1973 | "Shoo Shoo Shoo Sha-La-La" | My Heartache's Your Happiness | |
1976 | "Have a Nice Day" | Have a Nice Day | |
1988 | "What Ever Happened" | What Ever Happened |
Category:1904 births Category:1996 deaths Category:Canadian country singers Category:Canadian country singer-songwriters Category:Canadian male singers Category:Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Category:Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees Category:Canadian people of British descent Category:Musicians from Nova Scotia Category:People from Calgary Category:People from Kings County, Nova Scotia Category:Yodelers Category:Starday Records artists Category:RCA Victor artists
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