Neville Wells

Neville Wells (born 1940) is a Canadian country music performer.[1]

He was born in Newfoundland and grew up in Ompah, Ontario. He began his musical career singing and playing guitar in the Ompah Dance Hall. In 1959, Wells moved to Ottawa.[1] During the 1960s, he was a member of folk rock group The Children, which also included Bruce Cockburn, David Wiffen, William Hawkins, Sneezy Waters, Sandy Crawley and Richard Patterson.[2] In April 1980, he started a monthly newspaper, Capital County News, later known as Country Music News.[3] He was named Country Music Person of the Year in 1984 by the Canadian Country Music Association. In 1978, Wells established a long-running country music festival, the Ompah Stomp. Wells was inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994.[1] More recently, Wells has played bass guitar for the band Bytown Bluegrass.[4]

Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
CAN Country
[5]		 CAN AC
[6]
1972 "If You Will See Me Through" 30 —
"The Songwriter" — 28
1979 "Alone Again with My Flat-Top Friend" 56 —
1980 "Your Memory Hasn't Left Me Yet" 40 —
"Please Don't Mention Her Name" 25 —
1981 "You Can't Quit Now" 37 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1994 Inductee - Neville Wells". Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
  2. ↑ Hawkins, William (2005). Dancing Alone: Selected Poems. Broken Jaw Press. p. 16. ISBN 1553910346.
  3. ↑ Mowat, Bruce F. "Country Music News". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  4. ↑ "Veteran bluegrass band closes Valley concert series". Inside Ottawa Valley. May 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles charting on RPM Country Tracks:
    • "RPM Country Tracks for January 13, 1973". RPM. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
    • "RPM Country Tracks for August 11, 1979". RPM. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
    • "RPM Country Tracks for September 13, 1980". RPM. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
    • "RPM Country Tracks for March 14, 1981". RPM. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
    • "RPM Country Tracks for September 19, 1981". RPM. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks for January 20, 1973". RPM. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
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