Montana Slim
Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter (December 18, 1904 – December 5, 1996), professionally known as Wilf Carter in his native Canada and also as Montana Slim in the United States, was a Canadian Country Country and Western singer, songwriter, guitarist, and yodeller, who was said to have pioneered the transitional bridge between authentic cowboy folk music and the carefully composed romantic Hollywood singing cowboy genre.
In 1984, He was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
He wrote over 500 songs. and is an inductee to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
In 1971, Wilf Carter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Widely acknowledged as the father of Canadian country music, Carter was Canada's first country music star, inspiring a generation of young Canadian performers.
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