Canadian Zephyr

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Canadian Zephyr was a Canadian country music group from Richmond Hill, Ontario. They were active from 1969 to 1983 and recorded for several labels, including Cynda, Bronco, United Artists, RCA, and Artists Alliance. The band had many members over the years, such as John Hayman, Bill Meens, Marty Steiger, Chris Plewes, Garth Bourne, Gord Logan, Joe Linge, Carl Toth, Dario Cingolani, Ron Musselwhite, Frank Shandraw, and John Howard.

They scored 20 RPM Country Tracks hits, including two number ones: You Made My Day Tonight (1978) and Guess I Went Crazy (1980). Canadian Zephyr released two albums for United Artists and three for RCA.

Discography highlights:
- Albums: Bringin’ the House Down (1973); In the Zephyr Style (1974); It Just So Happens (1976); A Country Mile Better (1978) — CAN Country #20; The Best of Canadian Zephyr (1979) — CAN Country #21; Zephyr (1980) — CAN Country #2; The Songwriters (1983).
- Notable singles: Cheap Lowdown Wine (1972) reached CAN Country #34; You Made My Day Tonight and Guess I Went Crazy both hit #1 on CAN Country; other charting singles include Love When It Leaves Here (CAN Country #3), Don’t Ask the Question (CAN Country #4), Watching It Die (CAN Country #16), Took You Back Again (CAN Country #10), and Blonde and Down (From a Rodeo Town) (CAN Country #35).