I first met Anne Murray when I was working as Music Director at CFCF Radio in Montreal. A candid photo was taken of the two of us deep in conversation during a reception for her. Thought I'd dig up that old photo of us from the early 1970s; we were really just a couple of kids back then. Anne was on her first promo tour across Canada.Anne Murray was born in the mining town of Springhill, Nova Scotia on June 20, 1945. She got her start on a CBC-TV show, Singalong Jubilee. She first recorded for a small Toronto label, Arc Records, one of Canada's earliest record companies. Her big break came with Capitol Records and her first single Snowbird, written by Gene McLellan, who also wrote Put Your Hand In The Hand, recorded by Ocean on Arc Records.
Anne has charted 28 times on the Billboard Hot 100, 54 times on the country chart and has also had 41 Adult Contemporary hits, all between 1970 and 1987.
This week on the Treasure Island Oldies Canada Day Special, Voice Your Choice features Anne Murray with two of her biggest hits for your votes: Snowbird and You Needed Me. Come to the Voice Your Choice page and make your selection. The song with the most votes will be played in Hour 3 of our Canada Day Special this week on Treasure Island Oldies.
