CAN A DA song
April 8, 2024
Bobby Gimby Canada’s pied-piper and in 1967 wrote the smash hit “Ca-na-da”
On my walk through the cremation gardens near the Yonge Street gates of Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, I came upon the grave of a man whose song once united a nation—Bobby Gimby, Canada’s beloved “Pied Piper.” Born in Cabri, Saskatchewan, Gimby was a talented trumpeter, orchestra leader, and singer-songwriter. He moved to Toronto in […]
