Al Cherney
| Al Cherny | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alexander Peter Chernywech |
| Born | November 1, 1932 Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Mississauga, Ontario |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Fiddler |
| Instruments | fiddle |
| Years active | 1951-1989 |
| Associated acts | Vic Siebert; the Sons of the Saddle |
Alexander Peter Chernywech (November 1, 1932[1] – August 25, 1989) was a Canadian fiddle player. He studied with Frank Nowak and played country music on CHAT-FM.
Cherney won the Canadian Old Time Fiddlers' Contest in Ontario, under the novelty class from 1959 to 1961 and the open class in both 1960 and 1961.
In the early 1970s, he was a leading studio musician, recording with musician like Gary Buck, Dick Damron, Tommy Hunter and Sylvia Tyson. He released more than ten studio albums and received an RPM Big Country Award for Top Country Instrumentalist in 1978.
He was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989. He also performed regularly on 'The Tommy Hunter Show', until his death in 1989,[2] of lung cancer.[3]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album[4] |
|---|---|
| 1965 | Old Time Fiddle Champion |
| 1965 | Al Cherny Plays Old Tyme Fiddle |
| 1967 | On Stage With Al Cherny |
| 1968 | Golden Slippers |
| 1969 | Blue Ribbon Fiddle |
| 1978 | Hits of Al Cherny |
| 1988 | Al Cherny's Fiddle Party |
| 2002 | The Lost Recordings - Live |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| CAN Country [5] |
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| 1972 | "Shannon Waltz" | 46 |
| "Mr. Bojangles" | 45 |
References
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- ↑ http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/Cherny.html
- ↑ Peak chart positions for singles charting on RPM Country Tracks:
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External links
- Al Cherney discography at Discogs
- Al Cherney at the Internet Movie Database
- Al Cherney on The Canadian Encyclopedia
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