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Inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989
\nBirth: March 12, 1917 – Exeter, Ontario
\nDeath: September 17, 2006 – Brussels, Ontario<\/p>\n


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Known as \u201cCanada’s No. 1 Cowboy Singer\u201d (or \u201cNo. 1 Singing Cowboy\u201d) and one of the leading country musicians on Canadian radio, Heywood began playing the guitar at age ten and began his career playing tenor euphonium with the Exeter Brass Band. He served in the army during World War II, and came of notice in 1941 by singing his self-penned, \u2018Living in the Army\u2019 for the theme song of a radio show on CFCO in Chatham, Ontario. In 1942, he joined CKNX in Wingham, Ontario and remained at that station as a singer and announcer for more than 40 years, performing for almost 20 years on the weekly CKNX \u201cBarn Dance\u201d. He served as host for \u201cSerenade Ranch\u201d from 1945-1953. Throughout the 1950s, he appeared on CKNX TV programs including \u201cThe Range Riders Show\u201d, \u201cRocking Horse Ranch\u201d and \u201cWestern Roundup\u201d.<\/p>\n

Heywood began recording for RCA Victor in 1949 with his, \u2018Serenade Ranch Gang\u2019, completing eighteen 78s that featured such hits as, \u2018Alberta Waltz\u2019 and \u2018Tears of St Anne\u2019. He made three albums for Dominion, including the popular, \u2018Tales Of The Donnelly Feud\u2019, for which a corresponding song folio was published by Canadian Music Sales in 1971. Heywood recorded over 300 songs, with, \u2018Moonlight On The Manitoulin Island\u2019 being a huge hit in the US for The Moms and Dads.<\/p>\n

Heywood was a contributor to Nashville’s \u201cCountry Song Roundup\u201d in 1949 and to the \u201cBarn Dance\u201d Historical Foundation in 2006. Heywood founded and was president of the Barn Dance Hall of Fame Historical Foundation from 1993-1995.<\/p>\n

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Earl Heywood passed away on September 17, 2006 at the age of 89.<\/p>\n

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He continued to write and record until his death, with his last recording with his wife Martha entitled, \u2018The Heywood Family: Canada’s First Family of Song\u2019 in 2006.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"featured_media":2098,"menu_order":51,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"inductee-category":[104],"class_list":["post-1605","inductee","type-inductee","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","inductee-category-all-artists"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEarl Heywood - https:\/\/soundcheck.ccma.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale:alternate\" content=\"en_ca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Earl Heywood\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/soundcheck.ccma.org\/fr\/inductees\/earl-heywood-10\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"https:\/\/soundcheck.ccma.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CCMAOfficial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T16:57:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/soundcheck.ccma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10_Earl_Heywood.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"263\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"271\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CCMAofficial\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundcheck.ccma.org\\\/inductees\\\/earl-heywood-10\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soundcheck.ccma.org\\\/inductees\\\/earl-heywood-10\\\/\",\"name\":\"Earl Heywood - 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