Dallas Harms

Dallas Harms
Born
Dallas Leon Harms

(1935-07-18)July 18, 1935
DiedOctober 12, 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 84)
GenresCountry
OccupationSinger-songwriter
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1959–1984
LabelsColumbia
Broadland
RCA

Dallas Harms (July 18, 1935 – October 12, 2019) was a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Twenty of Harms' singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including the number one single "Honky Tonkin' (All Night Long)".[1] Harms was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.[2]

Harms was born in Jansen, Saskatchewan,[3] but was raised in Hamilton, Ontario, and was awarded the Hamilton Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016. He died in Hamilton on October 12, 2019.[4]

Discography

Albums

Year Album CAN Country
1975 Paper Rosie —
1978 The Fastest Gun 11
1979 Painter of Words —
1982 Out of Harms Way —

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
CAN Country CAN AC
1972 "In the Loving Arms of My Marie" 8 —
1973 "Old Ira Gray" 15 18
"Little Annie Brown" 29 —
1974 "Ruby's Lips" 35 —
1975 "Paper Rosie" 21 —
1976 "Georgia I'm Cheating on You Tonight" 28 —
1977 "Julie I Think It's Going to Rain" 23 —
"It's Crying Time for Me" 9 —
1978 "Master of the Classical Guitar" 18 41
"The Fastest Gun" 9 —
"I Picked a Daisy" 7 —
1979 "Lean on Me" 23 —
"The Ballad of the Duke" 6 28
"Rendezvous for Lovers" 45 —
1980 "Shelley's Last Request" 31 —
"You're a Memory" 27 —
1982 "Honky Tonkin' (All Night Long)" 1 —
1983 "Country Fever" 5 —
"Fooling with Fire" 8 —
1984 "Get Along Little Doggie" 14 —

References

  1. ^ "Dallas Harms – Memory Maker". Country Music News. Archived from the original on July 1, 2004. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "Dallas Harms biography". Canadian Country Music Association. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  3. ^ "Dallas Harms". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  4. ^ "Canadian Country Great Dallas Harms Passes". October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.