Joey Gregorash
Encyclopedia
Joey Gregorash is a musician from Winnipeg
, Manitoba
who became the first solo Manitoba act to win a Juno Award
in 1972 for Outstanding Performance-Male
. He started his career with local Winnipeg band the Mongrels. In the early 1970s, besides the Juno Award, Joey recorded a number of singles for Polydor Records
and a string of Canadian hit singles, such as "Jodie" and his cover of Neil Young
's "Down by the River."
In 1987, after years of inactivity, he returned to the charts with "Together (The New Wedding Song)" which to this day is a popular song at weddings
Gregorash hosted "S'kiddle Bits," a noon hour children's variety television show on CKY-TV
. It ran through the late-1980s and early-1990s and featured in-studio and on-location musical performances and guests from around Manitoba
.
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
who became the first solo Manitoba act to win a Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
in 1972 for Outstanding Performance-Male
Juno Awards of 1972
The Juno Awards of 1972, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 28 February 1972 in Toronto at a ceremony at the Inn on the Park hotel's Centennial Ballroom....
. He started his career with local Winnipeg band the Mongrels. In the early 1970s, besides the Juno Award, Joey recorded a number of singles for Polydor Records
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
and a string of Canadian hit singles, such as "Jodie" and his cover of Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
's "Down by the River."
In 1987, after years of inactivity, he returned to the charts with "Together (The New Wedding Song)" which to this day is a popular song at weddings
Gregorash hosted "S'kiddle Bits," a noon hour children's variety television show on CKY-TV
CKY-TV
CKY-DT is a television station based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and owned by Bell Media. It is part of the CTV Television Network....
. It ran through the late-1980s and early-1990s and featured in-studio and on-location musical performances and guests from around Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
.
Albums
| Year | Album | CAN |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | North Country Funk | 58 |
| 1972 | Tell the People | — |
| 1987 | Together | — |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | |||
| 1970 | "I'm Easy Come Easy Go" | — | — | 25 | singles only |
| "Stay" | 84 | — | — | ||
| "Tomorrow Tomorrow" | 67 | 25 | — | ||
| 1971 | "Jodie" | 3 | — | — | North Country Funk |
| "Don't Let Your Pride Get You Girl" | 68 | — | — | ||
| "Down by the River" | 6 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | "My Love Sings" | 16 | — | — | Tell the People |
| "Take the Blindness" | 14 | 45 | — | Tell the People | |
| 1973 | "Tell the People" | 47 | 11 | — | Tell the People |
| "Liza" | 51 | — | — | singles only | |
| 1974 | "You've Been Wrong" | 58 | 48 | — | |
| 1987 | "Together (The New Wedding Song)" | 6 | 15 | — | Together |