Maurice Bolyer born Maurice Beaulieu, was a composer and musician known as “Canada's King of the Banjo”.

Bolyer was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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, Canada. Although proficient in a variety of string instruments and piano, he is best known for his work on the banjo, an instrument that Bolyer took up in his late teens.

Beginning in the 1940s, Bolyer appeared regularly on Canadian radio stations CKCW

CKCW-FM

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 (Moncton, New Brunswick) and CKNX

CKNX (AM)

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 (Wingham, Ontario). Boyler joined the CBC Radio

CBC Radio

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 program The Tommy Hunter Show

Tommy Hunter

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in 1963, continuing with the show when it moved to television in 1965. Bolyer also appeared as a guest on the Lawrence Welk

The Lawrence Welk Show

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 and Arthur Godfrey

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shows in the United States.

Bolyer was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.