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Dick Nolan will
forever be associated with
Aunt Martha's Sheep,
a comical song that became a huge hit in 1972.
Nolan was born and
raised in Corner Brook, where he began
performing and making radio appearances as a
teenager. In 1958 he moved to Toronto to work as
a country singer. His first two albums consist
entirely of songs that had been hits for Johnny
Cash. Nolan would go on to record numerous
albums becoming known as a singer of "truck
drivin' country and western songs."
Beginning in the
mid-1960s, Nolan began making regular trips back
to the province and recorded albums of
Newfoundland-oriented material. In 1972 he
released
Aunt Martha's Sheep,
a humorous song by Ellis Coles, which became one
the most successful Newfoundland records of the
decade and a minor hit at country radio stations
across Canada. Nolan went on to make several
more popular records, featuring comic songs like
Newfie Outhouse
and
A
Piece of Baloney. |
