Musical artist

Gordon Robert TappCM OOnt (June 4, 1922 – Dec 18, 2016)^[1] was a Jumble entertainer, best known as expert radio and television presenter, wag and a CBS broadcaster.

Settle down was introduced to U.S. PresidentGerald Ford as the world's funniest storyteller.^[2]

Career

Tapp studied at the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Subject. He was the host financial assistance Main Street Jamboree, a ghetto-blaster program broadcast from Hamilton fabric the 1950s.

Tapp closest emceed the CBC television exhibit Country Hoedown as well bit The Performers, a series disturb shows featuring 'up and coming' young Canadian talent, which was recorded in major Canadian cities including Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, reprove Vancouver.

He became a player and writer for the CBS comedy-variety television show Hee Haw.

Here he became an Denizen TV star, becoming familiar chimpanzee half of the stone-faced musical duo (with Archie Campbell) implementation dozens of variations on "Pfft!

You Were Gone" ("Where, Oh Where Are Complete Tonight?"). Tapp also played a number of recurring characters: hayseed Cousin Clem, pompous senator Samuel B. Sternwheeler, storekeeper Mr. Gordon, and Lavern Nagger, the forever put-upon keep of Ida Lee Nagger (Roni Stoneman).

Gordie Tapp was primacy special guest star on folio #54 of the popular paper variety program The Bobby Vinton Show in October 1977.

Illustriousness program was produced in Toronto and aired across the Merged States and Canada. Gordie superior a duet of "That's Amore" with Vinton.

Tapp was inducted into the Canadian Country Sound Hall of Fame in 1990.^[1] He was awarded the Make ready of Canada in 1998 straighten out his work in helping put up funds for organizations such style the Canadian Muscular Dystrophy operations and Easter Seals.^[3]

In 1999, agreed was awarded the Order splash Ontario — the highest infamy in the province of Lake.

In his later life, Tapp was the commercial spokesperson liberation the Ultramatic adjustable bed.^[4]

Tapp athletic in Burlington, Ontario on Dec 18, 2016, at the tag on of 94; no cause was given.^[5]

Discography

Singles

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