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Inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993
\nBirth: May 11, 1924 – Kirkton, Ontario
\nDeath: August 3, 1965 – Hull, Quebec<\/p>\n


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Ward Allen began playing the fiddle at the age of 12 performing with his brother, Lorne, who also taught him most of his repertoire. After brief stints as a harvester in Manitoba and a logger in British Columbia, Allen returned in the late 1940s to western Ontario, where he was often heard on CKNX \u201cBarn Dance\u201d in Wingham, Ontario. Allen won several fiddle competitions of the time, including the open class of the 1953 Canadian Open Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest. In 1954 through 1956, Allen toured with Canadian country great Wilf Carter and subsequently became a founding member of the Ottawa-based group, The Happy Wanderers, with \u201cPapa\u201d Joe Brown.<\/p>\n

Ward Allen passed away on August 3, 1965 at the age of 41.<\/p>\n

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Allen recorded three volumes of, \u2018Ward Allen Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown\u2019, which were posthumously reissued as, \u2018The Best of Ward Allen\u2019. His recording of self-penned, \u2018Maple Sugar\u2019 was a hit in Canada and the USA in 1957. The tune is considered a classic of the Canadian fiddle repertoire and has been recorded numerous times, both by Canadians and internationally. Other popular Allen tunes include, \u2018Frank Ryan’s Hornpipe\u2019, \u2018C.N.E. Breakdown\u2019, \u2018Frisco Waltz\u2019, \u2018Maple Leaf Two-Step\u2019, \u2018Ken’s Favourite\u2019, \u2018Back Up and Push\u2019, \u2018Fishing Rod Reel\u2019 and \u2018Blue Pacific Hornpipe\u2019.<\/p>\n

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