Cancon music aficionados are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Canada’s Juno Awards. Known variously in Juno history as “Best Single,” “Best Selling Single,” and now “Single of the Year,” this award always garners attention.
The Junos and sometimes controversial Canadian content regulations came into being at around the same time to promote Canadian culture to Canadians. Whatever the award’s name, the winning song emphasizes Canada’s place on pop music’s world stage. Reflections on these songs, both personal and historical, make the music even more compelling. Here’s a look at earlier years.
‘Can’t Feel my Face,’ The Weeknd (2016)
It was 38 years ago today (June 3rd, 1983) that Derek & The Dominos drummer Jim Gordon brutally murdered his mother. Gordon, who was officially diagnosed with schizophrenia while on trial for bludgeoning his mother with a hammer and stabbing her to death, is still regarded as one of rock's greatest drummers. But Gordon is probably best known for writing the ending piano theme to the Eric Clapton's 1970 Derek & The Dominos masterpiece "Layla." In recent years Dominos keyboardist Bobby Whitlock revealed that Gordon actually did not write the piano them to "Layla," insisting that Gordon stole the melody from his then-girlfriend, singer Rita Coolidge. Gordon was sentenced to 16-years-to life in prison, and has served his sentence at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, Atascadero State Hospital in Atascadero, and the State Medical Corrections Facility in Vacaville. Gordon was denied parole until at least 2018 when he was denied
Rather than get mired in the melancholy of being trapped at home, Smith decided to look back with gratitude. “Looking at my ticket stubs was like looking through a photo album,” said Smith, who figures he’d attended six to eight live events per month. “I can remember who I went with, how I obtained the tickets, weird or funny things that happened on the way to the show. I thought, ‘If I never go to another ball game, look at what I got to do. I’ve seen Muddy Waters, Marvin Gaye, Frank Sinatra, B.B. King.’ With the blog, I can remember meeting Willie Mays, and I’ll be thinking, ‘Was he kind to me or was he a jerk?’”
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