Gordie Tapp
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Gordon Robert Tapp Template:Post-nominals (June 4, 1922 – December 18, 2016)<ref name="ccma">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a Canadian entertainer, best known as a radio and television presenter, comedian and a CBS broadcaster. He was introduced to U.S. President Gerald Ford as the world's funniest storyteller.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Career
Tapp studied at the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts. He was the host for Main Street Jamboree, a radio program broadcast from Hamilton during the 1950s. Tapp later emceed the CBC television show Country Hoedown as well as The Performers, a series of shows featuring 'up and coming' young Canadian talent, which was recorded in major Canadian cities including Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver.
He became a performer and writer for the CBS comedy-variety television show Hee Haw. Here he became an American TV star, becoming familiar as half of the stone-faced singing duo (with Archie Campbell) performing dozens of variations on "Pfft! You Were Gone" ("Where, Oh Where Are You Tonight?"). Tapp also played various recurring characters: hayseed Cousin Clem, pompous senator Samuel B. Sternwheeler, storekeeper Mr. Gordon, and Lavern Nagger, the forever put-upon husband of Ida Lee Nagger (Roni Stoneman).
Gordie Tapp was the special guest star on episode #54 of the popular weekly variety program The Bobby Vinton Show in October 1977. The program was produced in Toronto and aired across the United States and Canada. Gordie performed a duet of "That's Amore" with Vinton.
Tapp was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990.<ref name="ccma"/> He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1998 for his work in helping raise funds for organizations such as the Canadian Muscular Dystrophy campaign and Easter Seals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1999, he was awarded the Order of Ontario — the highest honour in the province of Ontario.
In his later life, Tapp was the commercial spokesperson for the Ultramatic adjustable bed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tapp died in Burlington, Ontario on December 18, 2016, at the age of 94; no cause was given.<ref name="CBC_DoD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | CAN Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | "Nobody's Singing Them Cowboy Songs No More" | 10 |
| 1972 | "Many Others" | 44 |
References
External links
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