1964 in Canadian music
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- 18 January – Jim Matt, country music singer.
- 18 January – Patrick Esposito Di Napoli, member of Les Colocs (d.1994).
- 25 January – Andrew MacNaughtan, photographer and music video director (d.2012).[1]
- 30 January – Patricia Conroy, country music singer.
- 1 February – Dwayne Goettel, former member of Skinny Puppy (d.1995).
- 6 February – Gordon Downie, lead singer and lyricist for The Tragically Hip.
- 8 March – Denise Murray, country music singer.
- 8 June – Mark Howard, audio engineer.
- 17 August – Colin James, Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter, and guitarist.
- 12 September – Greg McConnell, indie rocker and member of Absolute Whores (d.1999).
- 16 November – Diana Krall, Grammy and Juno Awards winning jazz musician.
- 29 November – Jesse Cook, Juno Award-winning guitarist.
- 30 November – Edwin Orion Brownell, neo-classical composer and concert pianist.
- 7 December – Kyp Harness, folk singer and social activist.
- Full date unknown
- Charest, Benoît, guitarist and film score composer.
- Danna, Jeff, film score composer
- Lee, Brent, composer and professor of Music Composition at the University of Windsor.
- Ichkhanian, Levon, jazz composer and guitarist
Events
Albums released
Awards
Festivals
- Mariposa Folk Festival was held at the Maple Leaf Stadium[3]
- Miramichi Folksong Festival
- Montreal Festivals
Magazines and publications
Music groups
- Bands formed
- Bands disbanded
Organisations
- Alberta Music Festival Association is established to coordinate local music competition.
Record labels
Singles released
- "My Baby's Comin' Home" by Paul Anka
Songs
- Early Morning Rain, composed and recorded by Gordon Lightfoot.
- Mon Pays ("My Homeland") composed by Gilles Vigneault.
- Universal Soldier (song), written and recorded Buffy Sainte-Marie.
- You Were on My Mind, written by Sylvia Tyson.
Venues
- The Matador Club, a country-music venue, opens in Toronto.
Other
- 10 April – Glenn Gould retires from public performance in Los Angeles.[8]