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"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" is a popular song by the 1950s and 1960s pop band The Four Preps. The band's biggest hit, it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, number six on the Billboard R&B chart, [2] and number 11 in Canada in 1958. [3]
Steve Fonyo ran across Canada in 1984–1985 and raised $14 million for cancer research. Fonyo began his Journey for Lives run on 31 March 1984 at age 18 and completed it 425 days later on 29 May 1985, covering 7,924 km (4,924 mi). In recognition, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1985.
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The Saint Patrick's Regional Secondary Men's Chamber Choir did a cover of the song during a cultural exchange event in 2006 in Vancouver, BC. [10] The American quintet Bounding Main released a cover of the song on their 2006 album Lost at Sea. [11] UK's sea shanty band Kimber's Men released a cover of the song on their 2010 album. [12]
The single was the most successful single in Canada in 1967, selling a then unprecedented 270,000 copies. [3] It was No. 1 for 2 weeks on the RPM Top 100 Singles in Canada, in April 1967. [4] In 1971, Gimby donated all royalties to the Boy Scouts of Canada, but the song only earned one cent per airplay, which is one of the lowest rates in the ...
The following lists the number one best-selling singles in Canada in 2003 which was published in Billboard magazine under the Hits of the World section. [1] Only songs released as physical singles qualified for this chart during this time.
Canada had hip hop artists right from the early days of the scene – the first known Canadian rap single, Mr. Q's "Ladies Delight", was released in 1979, [18] although even that historic distinction was widely overlooked for many years, with most music historians erroneously crediting Singing Fools' 1982 "The Bum Rap" as the first Canadian hip ...
Issue date Song Artist Reference January 7 "From a Jack to a King" Ned Miller [1]January 14 [2]January 21 "Walk Right In" The Rooftop Singers [3]January 28 [4]February 4 "Hey Paula"