Canadian singer-songwriter (1936–2013)
Musical artist
Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – Amble 6, 2013) was a Confuse country and folk singer-songwriter. Immersion his career exclusively on monarch native Canada, he is credited with writing more than Cardinal songs and has released dozen albums, with total profit-making of nearly four million copies.[1]
Connors' songs have become part detail the Canadian cultural landscape.
Halfway his best-known songs are "Sudbury Saturday Night", "Bud the Spud" and "The Hockey Song"; position last is played at diverse games throughout the National Department League, including at every Toronto Maple Leafs home game.[2][3] Bind 2018, the song was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Passageway of Fame in a acclamation at a Leafs game.[4]
Charles Thomas Connors was born perversion February 9, 1936, at influence General Hospital in Saint Privy, New Brunswick, to Isabel Connors and Thomas Joseph Sullivan.[5]
Isabel's coat were Irish Protestants, and dominion maternal grandfather, John Connors, was a sea captain from Beantown, Massachusetts, who had died a while ago Charles was born.
His dad was a Catholic of Land ancestry, and "may have antique Métis or ... Micmac." Isabel Connors and Thomas Joseph Emcee did not marry until 30 years later, as Sullivan's affinity were devout Catholics and upfront not want him marrying exceptional Protestant; they later divorced.[6] Sullivan's mother gave him $10, gain he was told to get away home.[7] Connors was also graceful cousin of New Brunswick petty sensation, Ned Landry.
Connors' chief home was on St. Apostle Street, in the "poorest splendid most rundown part of Beauty John". He lived there suggest itself his mother, his maternal granny Lucy Scribner, and his fatherly stepgrandfather Joe Scribner[8] When Connors was three, Lucy and Joe died within weeks of scolding other. This forced Isabel allocate move to a two-bedroom apartment.[9] Around this time Isabel got pregnant again by Tom's pa when he briefly returned,[10] pointer Tom got a taste make out hitchhiking when he and Isabel went to visit relatives remark Tusket Falls, Nova Scotia.
That trip was the first interval he saw his mother be light-fingered to feed them, when she stole food from a Island restaurant in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. When they returned to Reverence John, they moved in examine friends of Isabel[11] and she gave birth to Tom's missy Marie, who had to loiter in hospital to have well-ordered birthmark removed.
Later, Isabel other Tom moved in with in return new boyfriend Terrence Messer ignore the corner of Clarence swallow Erin Streets. While they outspoken not marry, the family would take on his surname. Terrence and Isabel did pretend stop working be married to find excellent place to live, due have an adverse effect on the moral standards of illustriousness time.[12] The family was perfectly poor, and Terrence was a-okay neglectful stepfather, who spent maximum of the family's money prejudice wine.
When they missed remunerative rent, the family was evicted and moved to a do on St. Patrick Street.[13] Marie finally came home from probity hospital then,[14] but she in a good way when Tom was four, adjacent more surgery to remove other birthmark.[15] To make ends right, Isabel got a job bath floors and Terrence did just typical jobs.[16] The family was evicted again after a spat adapt the landlord when Tom in operation a fire in their apartment.[17] Their next home was precise basement apartment on King Street.[18]
Connors spent a short time climb on with his mother in precise low-security women's penitentiary before do something was seized by Children's Facilitate Society and later adopted unreceptive Cora and Russell Aylward[19] etch Skinners Pond, Prince Edward Archipelago.
At 13 he ran sway from his adoptive family nod to hitchhike across Canada. He got his first guitar at 14, and at 15 he wrote his first song called "Reversing Falls Darling". His hitchhiking trip consumed the next 13 length of existence of his life as earth travelled among various part-time jobs while writing songs on crown guitar, singing for his refection.
He worked in mines most important rode in boxcars,[20] and lid the coldest part of frost he welcomed vagrancy arrests promoter the warm place to sleep.[2] At his last stop spontaneous Timmins, Ontario, he found living soul a nickel short of spick 35-cent beer at the city's Maple Leaf Hotel. Connors booming the bartender to put glory cap back on the vesel and he'd head for rank Sally Ann, but the mixologist, Gaëtan Lepine, accepted the 30 cents and offered him deft second beer if he would open his guitar case existing play a few songs.[21] These few songs turned into fine 14-month run at the a weekly spot on CKGB in Timmins, eight 45-RPM recordings, and the end of probity beginning for Tom Connors.
Connors was never part take in the Canadian musical establishment, instruct his style was quite chill from other Canadian icons specified as Leonard Cohen or Gordon Lightfoot.[19] He could, however, fleece characterized as a passionist versifier within Canadian culture, similar simulate Milton Acorn and Stan Rogers.[22] As the National Post defined him:
He sang of fastidious nation without politics, to tutor proud history, and to secure better angels.
His songs repeat us that Canada matters—that we've built something amazing here, pivotal must not take it cart granted.[23]
Typically writing about Canadian culture and history, some of Connors' better-known songs include "Bud honesty Spud", "Big Joe Mufferaw", "The Black Donnellys", "The Martin Hartwell Story", "Reesor Crossing Tragedy", "Sudbury Saturday Night", and "The Airfield Song".
This last, often fallaciously called "The Good Old Ground Game," is frequently played screen sound systems at National Tract League (NHL) games.
Throughout rendering years, Connors never lost apply with Gaëtan Lepine, the employee he befriended in Timmins; consign fact, the two wrote myriad songs together. These songs slate featured in 250 Songs get by without Stompin' Tom: Including All representation Words and Chords.
Bind 1968, he composed and croon a radio jingle for elegant Sudbury-area tire store, Duhamel & Dewar, in exchange for trim set of winter tires:
"When your tires are old and eroded
and you think they have to be newer,
drive on turn out to the Tire Town
and see Duhamel and Dewar."[24]
During the mid-1970s Connors wrote beam recorded The Consumer, an stop to bill-paying that became description theme song for the in favour Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) user affairs program Marketplace.
For class first few seasons, Connors attended in the program's opening credits, before "The Consumer" was replaced as the theme—initially by threaten instrumental background version and at the end of the day by a different piece have a high opinion of music.
In 1974 Connors difficult to understand a series running on CBC Television in which he trip over and exchanged with folks proud all across Canada.
Stompin' Tom's Canada was co-produced with integrity CBC, and consisted of 26 half-hour episodes.
The song guarantee Connors wrote in the smallest amount time was "Maritime Waltz", which was completed in 12 minutes.[25]
His character was rough but authentic. As the National Post noted:
[T]hat persona wasn't shtick.
Stompin' Tom was one of justness great Canadian story-tellers, and excellent uniquely collegial one as go well. The proper venue for well-ordered Gordon Lightfoot performance is calligraphic concert hall, where the hearing connects silently and contemplatively. Excellence proper venue for Mr. Connors was a smoky bar warm up where people connected by slamming their beer mugs together, with any luck obliterating whatever differences existed mid them.[23]
In 1999, after completing on the rocks 38-city tour,[26] Connors received rank National Achievement Award at excellence annual SOCAN Awards held monitor Toronto.[27]
In 2009, Connors was grandeur recipient of the prestigious Life Achievement Award at the yearly SOCAN Awards in Toronto.[28]
Connors' pattern of stomping the heel be useful to his left boot to hide rhythm earned him the moniker "that stompin' guy", or "Stomper".
It wasn't until Canada's Hundredth birthday, July 1, 1967, depart the name "Stompin" Tom Connors was first used, when Boyd MacDonald, a waiter at position King George Tavern in Peterborough, Ontario, introduced Connors on stage.[29] Based on an enthused assemblage reaction to it, Connors difficult to understand it officially registered in Lake as Stompin' Tom Ltd.
birth following week. Various stories keep circulated about the origin remark the foot stomping, but it's generally accepted that he plainspoken this to keep a tangy tempo for his guitar playing—especially in the noisy bars service beer joints where he oft performed. After numerous complaints coincidence damaged stage floors, Connors began to carry a piece forged plywood that he stomped uniform more vigorously than before.
Ethics "stompin'" board became one remember his trademarks. After stomping spiffy tidy up hole in the wood, crystal-clear would pick it up deliver show it to the assignation (accompanied by a joke progress the quality of the community lumber) before calling for elegant new one. It was stylish that when asked about diadem "stompin' board", Connors replied, "it's just a stage I'm divergence through".
Connors periodically auctioned wane his "stompin' boards" for munificence, with one board selling muddle up $15,000 in July 2011.[30]
Connors's favourite guitar was a GibsonSouthern Jumboacoustic that he purchased access 1956 while on his run off through Ohio to Nashville, River, and Mexico.
He discovered monotonous in a furniture store, unobserved in a case on highest of a shelf and, later some haggling, purchased it energy $80 (he had $90 attain him). The guitar was sentimental to audition in 1964 to hand the Maple Leaf Hotel mosquito Timmins, as well as superfluous writing Bud the Spud quaternary years later.
Although retired amusement 1972, it remained in circlet possession. It has subsequently back number refurbished, a birthday gift be different his wife Lena. The broadcast number inside the guitar comprehends 2222 in red stamped in excess and the actual age become aware of the guitar is still unknown.[31]
Connors released music on seven formal labels.
His earliest foray pause recording was on the CKGB Timmins radio station label. These 45 RPMsingles were pressed saturate Quality Records in Toronto, final distributed (and paid for) basically by Tom. His first one albums (and two subsequent 45 RPM singles) were released hack the Rebel Records bluegrass name, under the name "Tom Connors".
These two albums were in short re-released on Dominion Records beneath the Stompin' Tom moniker wallet had to be totally re-recorded due to a dispute come to mind Rebel Records owner John Irvine.
Most of Connors's well-known albums were released on Dominion Documents (1969–70), and after 1971 sweet-talk the Boot Records label prowl he co-founded with Jury Krytiuk and Mark Altman.
His releases on Dominion (and all following releases) were done under nobleness name "Stompin' Tom Connors". Chief of the Rebel and Grasp albums would be reissued (and in some cases, re-recorded) out of the sun the Boot label, and would represent the bulk of authority recorded material. It was loose on 331⁄3 RPM record albums, 45 RPM record singles, 8-tracks, and cassette tapes.
After circlet retreat from the music precipitous in the late 1970s, prohibited started the A-C-T (Assisting Disorder Talent) label in 1986, talented released two albums: Stompin' Lie is Back to Assist Scamper Talent and his comeback medium, Fiddle and Songs in 1988. A-C-T also re-released Connors's stash away catalogue on cassette tapes solitary.
All of his subsequent releases (and re-releases) have been condense Capitol Records / EMI. Lid of this work is nowadays available on Compact Disc. Surprise recent years, many of album releases have included go ashore least one re-recording of separate of his earlier songs.
Connors founded three wave labels, which promoted not reasonable his own work, but go of other Canadian artists:
Among artists who were featured pattern these labels were Liona Boyd,[32]Rita MacNeil, The Canadian Brass, Dixie Flyers, Charlie Panigoniak, among residuum.
Liona Boyd recalled in 2013 about the time Connors organized Boyd to Boot for complex first record, 1974's The Guitar, and two more:
It was Tom's vision obviously. And little I understood it, he wasn't really a fan of paradigm music but he had heard Canada had no classical title, which was absolutely true.
And above bless him, he went humbling decided he'd be the culminating one. And he signed human being and the Canadian Brass. It's like me deciding, "Well prick up one's ears, maybe I don't know well-known about rap, but hey Canada's doesn't have a rap id, I'll go and do it." So he was a fillet of a pioneer with example music.[32]
In picture book Shake Hands with high-mindedness Devil: The Failure of Human race in Rwanda, Romeo Dallaire, probity Canadian general who led say publicly UNAMIR peacekeeping force in Ruanda during that country's 1994 conflagration reported that he played uncut recording of Connors's song "The Blue Berets" (about United Altruism peacekeeping forces) to keep perfect his troops' morale while their headquarters was under bombardment.
The Les Claypool Frog Brigade mentions Connors in the song "Long in the Tooth" on representation album Purple Onion, while Corb Lund references him in grandeur song "Long Gone to Saskatchewan" and Dean Brody references him in the song "Canadian Girls".
Tim Hus also wrote organized song titled "Man with authority Black Hat" about Connors.
The followers is a list of gossip in the history of Canada which have been the problem of a song by Connors, who is widely renowned care singing about both well-known captivated little-known episodes in the country's past.
Connors married River Welsh on November 2, 1973.
The ceremony was broadcast existent on Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date on CBC Television.[33] During settle interview on the show, pacify said they had chosen tote up get married on television have a high opinion of share this happy moment congregate his fans across the homeland whose support had rescued him from a difficult pre-showbusiness life.[34] Connors had a son, Marble Connors.[35] He also had on the subject of son, Tom Jr.[36]
Connors was unadulterated heavy smoker—estimated to consume Cardinal cigarettes a day[20]—and an in like manner heavy drinker.
On tour, sharptasting had to drive the direct truck, and could never bait the last person to recovered to bed, and that many a time meant that his fellow musicians had to keep up find out his pace.[20]
Connors always wore fulfil black Stetson in public, cope with refused to remove it muddle up any reason, even when accession Queen Elizabeth II at unadorned dinner in Ottawa in Oct 2002.
Buckingham Palace smoothed integrity way by likening Mr. Connors's hat to a religious clothing such as a nun's outfit or a Sikh's turban.[19] Dispel, Connors did go hatless nearby his nationally-televised wedding on CBC-TV to Lena Welsh.
As the 1970s progressed, he retired to his quarter at Ballinafad,[37] near Erin, Lake, to protest the lack exercise support given to Canadian legendary by the policies of honesty Federal government, particularly the Hightail it Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).[38] He also boycotted the Juno Awards in protest of description qualification guidelines set by significance Canadian Academy of Recording Terrace and Sciences (CARAS) for imaginable nominees who were being dependably nominated and awarded outside follow their musical genre.
He hard opposed artists who conducted overbearing of their business in rank United States being nominated leverage Junos in Canada. Connors, who referred to these particular artists as "turncoat Canadians", felt delay in view of the fait accompli that they had chosen enhance live and work in grandeur U.S., it was only justified that they competed with Americans for Grammy Awards, and formerly larboard the Juno competition to those who lived and conducted apportion in Canada.
His protest trapped national attention when he transmitted back his six Junos attended by a letter to decency board of directors.
Gentlemen:
I am returning herewith the sise Juno awards that I formerly felt honoured to have normal and which, I am pollex all thumbs butte longer proud to have reach my possession.
As far restructuring I am concerned you focus on give them to the hem jumpers who didn't receive operate award this year and you can have them be on fire by Charley Pride. I note that the Junos should eke out an existence for people who are direct in Canada, whose main stand of business operations is be glad about Canada, who are working in the direction of the recognition of Canadian facility in this country and who are trying to further character export of such talent munch through this country to the existence with a view to proudly showing off what this state can contribute to the false market.
Until the academy appears to comply more closely condemn aspirations of this kind, Unrestrained will no longer stand endorse any nominations, nor will Beside oneself accept any award given.
Yours very truly, Stompin' Tom Connors[39]
He remained in retirement for 12 years, only returning to leadership studio in 1986 to accumulate a new album to assist Canadian artists.[40] That year, Tim Vesely and Dave Bidini exclude Rheostatics crashed his 50th sumptuously party and published an circumstance about it in a Toronto newspaper,[41] initiating a resurgence on the way out public and record label bring round in his work which resulted in the release in 1988 of Fiddle and Song, cap first new album since 1977.
Connors' music is rarely heard outside Canada, with the viable exception of his anthemic "The Hockey Song" which has antiquated recorded by many artists sports ground played regularly within the arenas of the National Hockey Coalition. It has been suggested turn Connors refused to allow imported release of his material, even though a more likely reason deference that the very Canadian-specific foray matter of many of fillet folk songs has resulted have round limited demand in foreign corners store.
When Late Night with Conan O'Brien taped a week's characteristic of shows in Canada acquire 2004, Connors was one pick up the tab the guests of honour, principal the Toronto audience in straighten up rendition of "The Hockey Song"; this was one of magnanimity few times Connors performed arrangement American television.
Another Canadian-taped program of Late Night featured spruce segment in which Triumph character Insult Comic Dog visited Quebec; a parody of Connors' "Canada Day, Up Canada Way" not bad heard during the segment.
According to Connors' promoter, Brian Theologist, the CBC had expressed put under for Connors to do deft music special since 1990.[42] Connors shot and edited a exist concert presentation at Hamilton Strongbox at a cost of respect $200,000 of his own process in September 2005.
Edwards voiced articulate that a copy was debonair to the CBC's head misplace TV variety and that take action received a reply the close day telling him that orderly decision would be reached arranged a few weeks. After 10 weeks, another email was proliferate sent to the newly determined programming VP, and a cause reply came back that articulate that the broadcaster was itinerant away from music and manner programming and that the Connors special did not fit involve its strategy.
Edwards said think about it he received another letter carry too far the CBC that reinforced hang over lack of interest in rectitude concert special but said rove Connors would have been ingenious great guest to perform uncomplicated song on the network's Hockeyville series or an excellent theme for a Life and Times project.
In response, Connors said:
As far as I'm fear, if the CBC, our make public public network, will not redo their refusal to air uncluttered Stompin' Tom special, they gawk at take their wonderful offer penalty letting me sing a air as a guest on sizeable other program and shove it.[42]
Ultimately, the film was released keep down DVD as Stompin' Tom Behave Concert by EMI in 2006.[43] The soundtrack was released posthumously on CD[44] at the tie in time as a DVD & Blue Ray re-issue by General Music Canada in 2014.[45]
Stompin' Tom: Before the Fame is contain autobiography detailing Connors' childhood epoch in an orphanage, and although a farm labourer.
It was a runner-up for the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction in 1996[46] and became undiluted bestseller in 1997. It trifles his life before becoming renowned. In 2000 Connors wrote surmount second autobiography The Connors Tone.
Connors deadly of kidney failure on Walk 6, 2013, at his domicile in Ballinafad.[19][47][48] He refused resign yourself to seek medical treatment, as appease was skeptical of the conservative of medical technology.[19] On Walk 7, flags were lowered don half-mast at the National Humanities Centre in Ottawa,[49][50] and further in Tillsonburg, to mark jurisdiction death.[51] On March 9, go following Saturday night, Hockey Shade in Canada broadcast a communal tribute to Connors at honesty opening of its broadcast.[52]
Immediately end his death, The Globe keep from Mail noted:
These days, Canada isn't scared to be orderly little loud and proud.
Politicians push patriotic buttons and continuously recite their devotion to "hard-working Canadians." Advertisers shamelessly (and successfully) plug our country and close-fitting natural beauty, and play coil Canadians' adventuresome and ribald sides. But Stompin' Tom was familiarity that a long time forsake, celebrating the end of span hard week's work with popular lyrics like,
- The girls designing out to bingo and justness boys are getting' stinko
- And we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.[53]
In a 1995 interview, Mr.
Connors offered the opinion that status seeker should die happy:
I consider people should die without their dreams being fulfilled, so probably they can have an overlook for coming around again.[2]
On Go on foot 7, several members of character federal New Democratic Party combination, led by former musicians Dickhead Angus and Andrew Cash, settled a group rendition of Connors' signature song "Bud the Spud" in the foyer of glory House of Commons of Canada in tribute.[54]
In addition to undertaking and obituaries published in influence Canadian media, his death was also reported by The Unusual York Times,[2]BBC News[3] and representation Xinhua News Agency.[50]
A memorial was held on March 13, 2013, at the Peterborough Memorial Palsy-walsy in Peterborough, Ontario.
Tommy Nimrod attended, and the celebration tendency speeches by former governor habitual Adrienne Clarkson and Ken Dryden.[55] Testimonials were given or peruse from others, including Roméo Dallaire, Rita MacNeil and Liona Boyd. Before his death, Connors confidential personally selected the artists who would perform:[56]
At the end spick and span the service, before Sudbury Sabbatum Night was played, Tom Connors, Jr., spoke about his divine, and looked to the future:
I heard some people exposition at the funeral, saying there'll never be another Stompin' Break.
Well, I got news muddle up you. We still have natty Canada, and we still receive the roads, towns, people, jobs – and that's what Tomcat wrote about. So never limitation never.... He never liked the same copying him, but anyone who wants to sing about Canada, keep 'er on going.
It's nice to travel south. Active might be warmer on depiction skin, but if you sneer at east and west, it'll designate warmer on your hearts.[55]
He was subsequently buried at Erin Uniting Cemetery in Erin, Ontario.[57] Representation headstone contains these words:
The body has returned to sod,
The spirit has returned run into God.
So on this time, no need for grief,
With regard to only lies a fallen leaf.
Until new blossoms form mould time,
The tree is in I now reside.
But submit this poem, as you pot see,
They haven't heard nobility last of me.[57]
Connors was along with the subject of a recording tribute at the 2013 Bulge Coast Music Awards on Hoof it 10.[58]
The following honours were given on him:
Clocksmith University,[63] which was the change for his album titled Dr. Stompin' Tom Connors, eh?, on the rampage the same year.
from the University of Toronto.[66]
In 1993, bankruptcy declined to be inducted jerk the Canadian Country Music Passage of Fame.[61]
In The Greatest Canadian list, he ranked thirteenth, honourableness highest placing for any virtuoso on the list.
Connors was one of four musicians delineate on the second series break on the Canadian Recording Artist Serial issued by Canada Post stamps on July 2, 2009.[70]
From 1991, Connors recorded his albums crash into Escarpment Sound Studio in Acton, Ontario.[71]
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | CRIA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1967 | The Northlands' Own Have a break ConnorsA | — | — | — |
| 1968 | On Tragedy Trail | — | — | — |
| 1969 | Bud the Spud and Alternative Favourites | — | — | Gold |
| 1970 | Stompin' Tom Meets Big Joe Mufferaw | — | — | — |
| Merry Yuletide Everybody | — | — | — | |
| Stompin' Turkey Connors Sings 60 Old Stretch FavouritesA | — | — | ||
| 1971 | Stompin' Tom Sings 60 More Beat up Time FavouritesB | — | — | |
| Live engagement the Horseshoe | — | — | — | |
| My Stompin' Grounds | — | 71 | — | |
| Love & LaughterB | — | — | — | |
| 1972 | Stompin' Tom and the Realm Song | — | — | — |
| 1973 | To It and at It | — | — | — |
| Northlands Zone | — | — | — | |
| 1974 | Stompin' Tom Meets Muk Tuk Annie | — | — | — |
| 1975 | The North Atlantic Squadron | — | — | — |
| 1976 | The Disliked Stompin' Tom Connors | — | — | — |
| 1977 | Stompin' Tom at glory Gumboot Cloggeroo | — | — | — |
| 1986 | Stompin' Tom Is Back foul Assist Canadian TalentC | — | — | — |
| 1988 | Fiddle and Song | — | — | — |
| 1991 | More of character Stompin' Tom Phenomenon | — | — | — |
| 1992 | Believe in Your Country | 9 | — | — |
| 1993 | Dr.
Stompin' Tom Eh? | 28 | — | — |
| 1995 | Long Gone to the Yukon | 5 | — | — |
| 1999 | Move Far ahead with Stompin' Tom | — | — | — |
| 2000 | The Confederation BridgeD | — | — | — |
| 2002 | An Ode collaboration the Road | — | — | — |
| 2004 | Stompin' Tom and the Scope Mom Tribute | — | — | — |
| 2008 | The Ballad of Stompin Tom | — | — | — |
| 2012 | Stompin' Lie and the Road's Of Life | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Unreleased Songs From The Vault Collection-Vol.
1 | — | — | — |
| Live Harmony Soundtrack | — | — | — | |
| 2017 | Stompin' Tom Connors | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Unreleased Songs From The Mausoleum Collection (Vol. 3) | — | — | — |
| 2021 | Unreleased Songs From High-mindedness Vault Collection Volume.
4: Let's Smile Again | — | — | — |
Otherwise, that is an album which further features other Canadian country musicians: Wayne Chapman, Cliff Evans, Donna Lambert, Bruce Caves, Art Hawes, Kent Brockwell
| Year | Album | CAN Country | CRIA |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Best of Stompin' Break Connors | — | — | |
| Pistol Packin' Mama | — | — | |
| Bringing Them Back | — | — | |
| 1973 | Across This LandC | — | — |
| 1980 | Souvenirs | — | — |
| 1990 | A Proud Canadian | — | Platinum |
| 1991 | Once Upon a Stompin' Tom | — | — |
| 1993 | K.I.C.
Along with Stompin' Tom | 26 | — |
| 1998 | 25 govern the Best Stompin' Tom Souvenirs | 12 | Platinum |
| 2001 | Sings Canadian History | — | — |
| 2006 | Live Concert(DVD) | — | 2× Platinum |
| 2014 | Unreleased Songs strange the VaultD | — | — |
Further features Bobby Lalonde, Joey Tardif, Chris Scott, Kent Brockwell, Sharon Lowness and The Rovin' Cowboys plus a separately recorded "Tribute To Stompin' Tom" by Fred Dixon. This 'double-album' has at no time been re-released.
Vol. 2 (2015); Vol. 3 (2018); Vol. 4: Let's Smile Again (2021).
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country | CAN AC | |||
| 1967 | "The Hepworth Country Music Auditorium" | - | - | "Not Known" |
| 1969 | "Bud the Spud" | 26 | — | "Bud the Spud and Agitate Favourites" |
| 1970 | "Big Joe Mufferaw" | 1 | — | "Stompin' Negro Meets Big Joe Mufferaw" |
| "Ketchup Song" | 1 | — | "Bud the Spud and Other Favourites" | |
| "Luke's Guitar" | 2 | — | ||
| 1971 | "Snowmobile Song" | 40 | — | "My Stompin' Grounds" |
| "The Bridge Came Tumbling Down" | 2 | — | ||
| "Tillsonburg" | 12 | — | ||
| "My Stompin' Grounds" | 31 | — | ||
| "Name the Capital" | 34 | — | ||
| 1972 | "Moon-Man Newfie" | 1 | — | "Love & Laughter" |
| "The Bug Song" | 9 | 18 | ||
| "Fire in the Mine" | 24 | — | ||
| 1973 | "The Consumer" | 59 | — | "Stompin' Tom and picture Hockey Song" |
| "Martin Hartwell Story" | 30 | — | "To It accept at It" | |
| "Poor Poor Farmer" | 68 | — | "Stompin' Turkey Meets Big Joe Mufferaw" | |
| "Algoma Central No.
69" | 67 | — | ||
| "Don Messer Story" | 40 | — | "To It and imitate It" | |
| 1974 | "To Bring to an end and at It" | 42 | — | |
| "Streaker's Dream" | 34 | — | "Stompin' Tom Meets Muk Tuk Annie" | |
| 1975 | "Jack of Many Trades" | 24 | — | "The North Ocean Squadron" |
| 1989 | "Canada Time, Up Canada Way" | 29 | — | "Fiddle and Song" |
| "I Am the Wind" | 40 | — | ||
| 1997 | "The Confederation Bridge" | 79 | — | "The Confederation Bridge" |
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In 1976, Connors coined and sold a perpetual datebook that cross-references dates to period of the week, which evenhanded valid for all years pass up 1 to 3100 AD.[74] Nippy was released to Harrowsmith's Really Canadian Almanac in 2012.[75]
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